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    Power to the layout

    Apr 15, 2020 4 minutes
    Text and illustrations (unless otherwise mentionned): Éric Fresné

    It was the release of the Bachmann 4-6-0 in 00-9 that triggered an alarm. On the Voie Libre forum, a few crestfallen enthusiasts reported that the electronics on their engines had burnt-out after just a short run on their respective layouts. During the summer of 2018, Bachmann Europe issued a press release warning against the use of feedback power sources with its models.

    The cause of all this trouble? On the one hand, using coreless motors paired with an electronic board designed for DCC. On the other hand, power sources providing DC current, no doubt, but in the form of an elaborate electronic signal. Taking these observations into account, I gathered a few power sources to

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