I have learned so much from your channel. Thank You so much for sharing your knowledge with us all Larry.

Excellent video on clearing up some very close related terminology. Good luck with the camera gear, hope it all works out. Thanks for sharing. Ken

@TheDCCGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Ken, glad to see you’r enjoying the channel. Make sue to go back and view some of the earlier videos, there are now over 60 on here-Larry

Thanks for the video very helpful video quality not withstanding!👍🏻

@TheDCCGuy

4 жыл бұрын

As you’ll see tomorrow, I have the video thing fixed.

Larry, with all due respect, this explanation of a "DCC-friendly" turnout falls short. The fact is that any locomotive, either DC or DCC, may short at a turnout if it derails, or even if it stays on the rails for that matter. A short circuit is a short circuit in either environment. Yes, the mechanical design and construction of our turnouts has improved over the past decades, so that better clearance exists for wheels to pass through the various trouble spots more reliably (without shorting), but this has nothing to do with the type of power being applied to the turnout or locomotive. There is nothing inherently electrically better or more "friendly" about today's turnouts whether we operate in DC or DCC. Let's place two mechanically identical locomotives, one DC and the other DCC, on the same turnout, run them through it, and intentionally derail them so that a short occurs. Is there a difference in the result? The catch phrase "DCC-friendly" is a misnomer; it has been since its inception. Conversely, you are spot-on about locomotives being "DCC-friendly" if their motors are isolated electrically from their frames. This type of construction is fact, makes sense, and is a boom to the DCC side of the hobby.

@TheDCCGuy

Жыл бұрын

I agree that video really didn’t focus that much on DCC Friendly turnouts and maybe I’ll just do a short video on that subject. Thanks for the nudge.