02-08-2011, 12:09 AM
Sorry you keep having trouble Justin, it does take the fun out of things a bit, but stick with it not all is lost: you could make them DCC friendly if they are not out of the box.
You'd need a razor saw, or better still a dremel motor tool with cutting disk to 'isolate' the frog from the rest of the turnout.
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Have a look at the links in the top left, there's one on turn outs, it will explain among others how to recognise a turnout that is not dcc friendly, and how to convert one etc.
good luck,
Koos
You'd need a razor saw, or better still a dremel motor tool with cutting disk to 'isolate' the frog from the rest of the turnout.
A good site that shows everything about DCC wiring and how to do turnouts etc is here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.wiringfordcc.com/">http://www.wiringfordcc.com/</a><!-- m -->
Have a look at the links in the top left, there's one on turn outs, it will explain among others how to recognise a turnout that is not dcc friendly, and how to convert one etc.
good luck,
Koos
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