Got curious today about how much current is being drawn by the whole layout, so I've made a quick measurement and noticed a rather high consumption: about 400 mAmps with one light signal, the Viessmann pickax figurine and the Brawa V100 idling.
I went ahead and opened the box seen in the photo to try and see what wire goes where. Since 2 sets of wires were connected using the thing which can be seen next to the measurement device's black connector, I decided to switch to using the Viessmann devices specifically built for this (the yellow one in the center with its adjoining connectors). This way the wires could be disentangled and tags were placed on each fire or pair of wires, depending on the case. Now with the ability to disconnect/connect everything one by one, the results became clear:
- LZV100 draws 160 mAps, with or without the output to the lines connected (rather important, since in the beginning I though there maybe were losses on the rails themselves, even though feeder wires are soldered to each rail segment) - in the photo this is the black box in the lower left corner of the cardboard box
- the LK200 inverter didn't consume anything (no locomotive was ran on its segment though) - in the photo it's the small white device on top of the LZV100
- Viessmann 5223, the module that commands the 4013 Viessmann light-signal, consumes 80 mAmps
- the 4013 light signal consumes 20 mAmps (this includes its entries connected in cascade to the Phidget for obtaining the multiple aspects this signal is capable of)
- the pickax Viessmann figurine draws 30 mAmps
- Brawa V100 consumes 40 mAmps while in standby, 20 mAmps for the lights and 150 mAmps for the sound (when the sound effects aren't that noisy the value seems to go down)
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