I am wiring my HO layout. Have all track feeder leads coming from a power distribution block. I tested a set of track feeders connected to a DC transformer and got the expected DC voltage as I moved the throttle. Next I wired my EZ Command controller to the PDB and tried to get a reading at a track feeder ends and got no reading. Help... What kind of DC voltage can I expect from the EZ controller from start to full speed on the  EZ Command Command throttle??? Next I connected my multimeter directly to the EZ controller track power leads and still no reading. Is my controller dead or am I doing something wrong

How many HO powerd engines (each with 1amp decoders) can one EZ Command Controller operate???

Thanks!!! Layout is 12' by 9' rectangle. No room in house so I built the frame with PVC 1 1/4 " Whole frame is on Walmart swivel castor wheels and easily moved around. The top is made up of combining 4' X 8' house insulation panels 1" thick.
Needed layout to be mobile and and light and 2 X 4's and plywood would not work for me. Most of my track will be on foam risers with three mainlines running around the perimeter. The center section will be mostly maintenance facilities for 2 railroads with a working turn table. 2 roads will have engine servicing buildings with one of them having a engine shop and MOW facilities. I have a coal mine with a loop loading track. The outside track will host a Santa Fe passanger train, the middle track will host a Union Pacific manifest freight and the inside track will host a Burlington Northern coal drag. Each train will have 2 power units and a few dummies. The era is late 50's to mid 70's and I did not prototype any division or sub but the location is somewhere west southwest. The town called 'Logan' (just sounded cool) will be on a scenery backdrop around one side of the layout with a tunnel to get to it from the coal mine and engine buildings. (Coal mine is 'Logan Coal') Been waiting 35 yrs to build this layout and this will be my first attempt and I want to get it right. Power will come from a Bachmann 5amp booster, no sound (can't afford it on social security retirement money). Guess I typed too much, got to get to the garage to do some wiring, thanks all for the replys and help, its greatly appreciated...  Keep the wheels on the tracks and the power runnin...

Thanks for all the replays and help. One more question. My longest mainline will cover approx. 40 ft. What is the maximum distance I can use for feeder hookups on a DCC layout. I plan for every 10 ft., is this too far apart ?. What is recommended ?.

If I use 14g stranded wire as opposed to 14g solid wire as my bus wires, will I loose signal strength to the track on a DCC layout. I hear a lot of pros & cons about this. My initial plan is to use 14g stranded for the bus and 18g or 20g for the feeders, will this be OK for a DCC layout???

I am ready to start wiring my HO layout. I will have 3 mainline trains running. Each mainline track will cover approx. 40 ft. I plan to supply power to each mainline at 10 foot intervals. I will be suppling all 3 mainlines from a Bachmann 5 amp booster.
I want to run 2 feeder wires (1 for each side of the track) from the booster, then use
connectors to feed this power from the feeder lines to the track at each 10 ft point.

Question:

What gauge wire should I use for the feeder lines and also the lines to connect to the tracks. 

I am going to hard wire about 5 DC locomotives with Bachman 1 amp decoders. I will build a test track. Does the test track have to loop back to its self to make a full circuit or can I just wire my EZ Command Console to 2 or 3 pieces of connected straight track open at each end???

Hi again -HELP-
I plan to have 3 main tracks on the first HO layout I build. Each main track will have a consist of 2 powered diesel's (plan to run long freight trains of 20+ cars or more up some 2% inclines) and maybe a dummy or so. My question is if I use E-Z DCC Command and add a Bachman 5amp booster to run all 3 tracks (3 total trains with a total of 6 engines), will this be enough power for this layout???. 3 of the the engines are later model Bachman but are not decoder ready or decoder equipped (will have to hard wire decoders into them). One engine is a Spectrum and is decoder equip ed already. The last 2 engines are late Athearn Ready to Run without decoders, also need to hard wire them also. Will not have sound (budget not there for this) using only basic DCC engine encoders with filament headlights.

Will I have power to do this with an additional 5 amp booster.   

I am building my first layout after waiting 35 years to do so. I will be using E-Z Command. If I have 2 powered loco's with decoders in my train consist, how do I address them so they will pull (or push) the trainset together?
Can I turn on the headlight on the lead unit on and keep the second loco headlight off. Thanks....