Sorry if it has already been mentioned elsewhere on the forum before as I may have missed it in my search due to poor deutsche typing but has anyone had any good experience or problem with IB and DB-2 working together?

I am not too surprised that Littfinski appear to be the only one company who does not mind you intentionally using their booster with a non-Littfinski station compared to other companies.

I know oversea payment & shipping would be another matter but I mean its only a one time purchase for peace of mind forever from that point onward, no?

I already have the IB station here and I rather prefer it personally so the new booster would have to be able to easily work with it after all.

Hello chelseadrg,

according to the instruction manual of the Littfinski DB2 booster you can use it easily at the IB.
https://www.ldt-infocenter.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=de:db-2
https://www.ldt-infocenter.com/dokuwiki/...b2_06_24_de.pdf

You connect IB and booster with the 5-pole "motorola booster bus", the cable is included with the booster.

The Litfinski DB2 Booster is a very simple booster, it has the old-fashioned half-wave "AC to DC converter" and (due to the construction type) has no stabilized track voltage.
I cannot say how good it is due to a lack of experience, but I would no longer use such boosters, despite their cheap price.



But, if I may make a recommendation, have you ever looked at the Tams bosster B-4?
https://tams-online.de/B-4
https://tams-online.de/WebRoot/Store11/S...9_Manual_EN.pdf

The Tams Booster is connected to the IB via the C-D-E Interface (some times called "DCC-Booster-Bus") or via LocoNet. The booster is very powerful (up to 5 amperes, the track voltage and maximum current are easily adjustable).
The booster is well constructed and switches off very quickly in the event of a short circuit, so that no damage to the vehicles or tracks / switches occurs, despite the high level of current. The track voltage ist stabilized.

Another advantage of the Tams B4 Booster is that you can use AC or DC voltage to operate the booster, not just only AC voltage as with the DB2.


However, I have to give a hint - you should no longer use the IB when using the B4 Booster to supply the track system with electricity - the booster can / does that alone.
The reason is that the IB and B4 have very different power amplifiers, and damage can occur when driving over the separation point in normal operation.


I don't know how it is with the Littfinski DB2 Booster (in conjunction with the IB) - but you shouldn't use different booster technologies on one system - or always use the same booster if possible.



Best regards, Michael

Many thanks Michael

Had not heard of the name Tams Elektronik before so thanks for mentioning them.

And I probably should had mentioned it in the original post sorry, this was going to be a case of deciding to feed track bus to the main station and non-track bus to the booster station so the two would see little in common with each others output-wise.

Well, I am going think about this some more before I decide about buying a booster.