Problems with turnout motors/switches

[nachoman]

Thanks for this feedback, guys.

I did some process-of-elimination work tonight and found out a couple things. The problem of the engine creeping around the track with the controller in the "Stop" position seems to be caused by a faulty transformer. I removed it from its current line of track and connected it to another line of track that has no turnout connecters attached to it at all -- and power was still getting to the tracks even with the knob set in the stopped position. For whatever reason, this transformer is acting up, so I might be buying a new transformer this week.

The other problem -- where the turnout button only operated in one direction -- might have been caused by some glued that got in behind it (don't ask!). At any rate, I've had to stop now because, although this trouble-shooting is fairly straight-forward, it is time-consuming.

Thanks again for your feedback -- I'll try to get back to this tomorrow!

Rob

Nice work tracking down that bad transformer. You did exactly what needed to be done in order to isolate that problem.