cheekychops Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Rather than have several wall mounted plugs for my NCE starter control, 12V DC AUX layout power supply and overhead LED layout lighting, I was thinking of using a single power supply. A 25W Single Output Switching Power Supply from RS Online - RS-25-15 provides 15V and 25W and should suffice for NCE (13.8V, 24W) and DC 12V (with a suitable resistor). My layout is small (1 loco running at a time) and without much lighting on the layout, BUT with a strip of LED lighting 3m is 25W sufficient? Any advice most welcome. 25W Single Output Switching Power Supply.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JimFin Posted February 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2020 Led lighting strip ranges from 3.8w / meter to 41.4w / meter so it depends on what LED strip you are going to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMorrison Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 You are almost consuming the available 25w already with the NCE bit and the little headroom available will not be sufficient to run your lighting also. I would look for something bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekychops Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Thanks for the replies, more power seems a good idea, Maybe 2 power supplies, a separateeated one for the Layout LED strip? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I agree with Iain, the power supply that you are looking at is barely sufficient to meet the needs of your NCE system. It is not suitable if you have any other power needs. At 15 Volts the current range is 0 - 1.7 Amps. If the NCE Command station consumes 24 Watts at 13.8 Volts, then this means it can draw up to 1.74 Amps (24 Watts / 13.8 Volts). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Don't use a resistor to try and drop the 15V to 12V. Just use the correct power supplies. They are so cheap these days it's foolish to do anything else. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 20:31, Crosland said: Don't use a resistor to try and drop the 15V to 12V. Just use the correct power supplies. They are so cheap these days it's foolish to do anything else. Or LM2596 voltage regulators. I actually went the other way to the OP as it gives me some redundancy and keeps everything below 2a so isn't a problem for the multicore cable used. Plus the uncoupler uses a solenoid and would cause other accessories to dim if on the same supply. Powercab- 13.8vDC, ~1.7a, Tortoise/uncoupler- 14vAC, 2a transformer, Overhead lighting- 12vDC, ~0.7a draw, Layout lights/accessories, 12vDC, ~1.3a draw, this then splits to 10v for LEDs, 7v for filament bulb street lights, and 4.5v for electroluminescent controllers and anything that nominally runs on 5v. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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