Red light on the DCC system!

This problem first raised its head a couple of weeks ago when I was checking my locos before their exhibition run. As soon as I turned on the lights to the Kensington Hill side the red 'power drain / short' light came on when up until that point everything had worked fine since installation. A quick check of each individual Acc ID for On and Off showed that the LEDs in the station and signal box didn't cause the problem but the incandescent globes of the street lights did. Hmmm no idea. Last week I didn't get around to checking further but on Saturday arvo after returning from the club meeting I had another closer look. I couldn't see any problems with the wiring to the decoder. I changed the wires to another decoder ID block and the same thing happened. Hmmmm. No idea. There I left it. Over Sunday though a thought popped into the old noggin to one by one remove and test each light to see if it is confined to a specific light post. This I will have to do either during this week or over the weekend if I get a chance but it is going to be a busy weekend coming up.

As for the Terrace House, no progress on these this week. Maybe during the upcoming week.

However more progress on my understanding of MERG's CBUS layout control system. It has potential. More research and maybe the purchasing of some starter kits to get a feel for the system is warranted in the not so distant future.