Gavin Sowry
Garden Railroader and Raconteur
To use the Antipodean vernacular, 'a bloody good one'. I have had LGB points 'fail', and putting in a jump wire from the stock rail to the switch has solved the problem.
Continuing my effort to have a small layout.
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To use the Antipodean vernacular, 'a bloody good one'. I have had LGB points 'fail', and putting in a jump wire from the stock rail to the switch has solved the problem.
Sarah Winfield
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I feel some of my questions may seem inane to more knowledgeable members of this forum. However, in asking them I am trying to better understand how DCC works.
As previously indicated I have only one electrical connection to my small layout. This is a feed into the rails at the frog end of a point. This feed then supplies all the layout including through plastic frogs via electrically bonded rails and fishplates.
If as I also said I have "gunge" between the switch and stock rails of my points will this still cause my problem? I do appreciate that by cleaning off this dirt things have improved but I don't understand why.
Can a member help please?
Thank you,
Sarah
As previously indicated I have only one electrical connection to my small layout. This is a feed into the rails at the frog end of a point. This feed then supplies all the layout including through plastic frogs via electrically bonded rails and fishplates.
If as I also said I have "gunge" between the switch and stock rails of my points will this still cause my problem? I do appreciate that by cleaning off this dirt things have improved but I don't understand why.
Can a member help please?
Thank you,
Sarah
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Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
Sarah, in principle all G scale points are connected through, and don't rely solely on the face of the point blade touching the stock rail.
Having said that, some of the in-built connections are sometimes 'iffy' and cleaning all of the gunge off is never a bad idea - with electrical connectivity, sometimes every little helps.
From what I can picture of your layout, with two parallel tracks and four turnouts, you can put the power feeds anywhere (you wouldn't necessarily be able to do it in the smaller scales, but G scale points do not isolate any rails).
However, there is nothing to stop you adding another pair of feeds. It is possible to experience some voltage drop through the points, so you could add a second feed to the other parallel track - you won't need isolation.
Having said that, some of the in-built connections are sometimes 'iffy' and cleaning all of the gunge off is never a bad idea - with electrical connectivity, sometimes every little helps.
From what I can picture of your layout, with two parallel tracks and four turnouts, you can put the power feeds anywhere (you wouldn't necessarily be able to do it in the smaller scales, but G scale points do not isolate any rails).
However, there is nothing to stop you adding another pair of feeds. It is possible to experience some voltage drop through the points, so you could add a second feed to the other parallel track - you won't need isolation.