03-27-2011, 11:29 AM
They ARE power routing, but cutting through everythign like that should have completely neutered them.
This picture from Allan Gartner;s Wiring for DCC site shows the Electrofog: [img]http://www.wiringfordcc.com/pecoelec_C75-2002_r90.gif[.img]
The jumpers marked 'cut' are the ones you cut to isolate the frog - which you've done by cutting throught he frog rail. There's nothing on the points side that could cause a short as soon as the points change positon. The only palce you could be getting a short here is between the curved stock rail of the pictured turnout and the frog rail of the other one off the picture to the right if both turnouts aren't set for the same position - if you're feedign power to the frog and beyond based on point position, and your bus lines are such that the 'top' rail on both tracks is, say Rail A and the 'bottom' rail is Rail B, then you will have a short if one turnout is set diverging and the other is still on straight.
And Bil - you could always use Atlas, no problems in many many years! Apply feeders to all 3 side, no power problems.
--Randy
This picture from Allan Gartner;s Wiring for DCC site shows the Electrofog: [img]http://www.wiringfordcc.com/pecoelec_C75-2002_r90.gif[.img]
The jumpers marked 'cut' are the ones you cut to isolate the frog - which you've done by cutting throught he frog rail. There's nothing on the points side that could cause a short as soon as the points change positon. The only palce you could be getting a short here is between the curved stock rail of the pictured turnout and the frog rail of the other one off the picture to the right if both turnouts aren't set for the same position - if you're feedign power to the frog and beyond based on point position, and your bus lines are such that the 'top' rail on both tracks is, say Rail A and the 'bottom' rail is Rail B, then you will have a short if one turnout is set diverging and the other is still on straight.
And Bil - you could always use Atlas, no problems in many many years! Apply feeders to all 3 side, no power problems.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad of the 1950's in HO
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