Recent content by RidgeWalker

Fred: I missed a feeder track in the rail yard. It was facing the wrong way. I have plenty of juice now. Help the newbie. Where do I need to put insulated joiners? Only with facing turnouts (like a passing siding)?

Now I'm really confused. I used an ohm meter to test my white buss to outside rail (which is the rail that the white feeder wire connects to) and got zero resistance. Then, with the meter still on the white buss, I touched the inside rail and also got zero resistance. ?? I disconnected all...

Mikey: I'm using Kato Unitrack and the feeder track is set up so that the wires clip into the bottom of the track only one way - but the track can be installed backwards (which I discovered after reading your post). I have 13 and found 3 that were backwards, which would put the white on the...

My layout is basically a large loop. No reverse loop. The trains run counterclockwise. I have a 4'x8' yard, a 4'x8' rural scene and a 3'x16' section of industries and town connecting the two. I have about 12-14 feeder tracks. Obviously I'm electrically challenged. I was able to run trains...

I ran a 14 gauge buss wire under my layout, then connected all my Kato feeder track wires to the buss (white feeder to white buss, blue feeder to colored buss). I have an MRC Tech II power pack. I attached the white buss to the Variable DC terminal but when I attached the colored buss the...