I got old Shinohara #8 curved turnouts with electric frogs. Big short in the DCC world, AARRGGHHHhhh! This is how I'm remedying the problem. Does anyone have any feedback?
This is one of the turnouts. There is a metal bar at the points and the closure rails at the frog touch, causing a short completely through the other side of the frog.
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here's the metal bar at the points
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Here's where I cut the frog
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And here's how it will work with the polarity. Assume the top rail (red) is being power routed.
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I've been to http://www.wiringfordcc.com/ by Allan Gartner, and there he has a lot more complicated way of doing it. He uses power routing switches, but I think it will work fine with the metal connected points.
Does anyone have yehs or nehs to this?
Thanks alot
This is one of the turnouts. There is a metal bar at the points and the closure rails at the frog touch, causing a short completely through the other side of the frog.
View attachment 35446
here's the metal bar at the points
View attachment 35448
Here's where I cut the frog
View attachment 35449
And here's how it will work with the polarity. Assume the top rail (red) is being power routed.
View attachment 35447
I've been to http://www.wiringfordcc.com/ by Allan Gartner, and there he has a lot more complicated way of doing it. He uses power routing switches, but I think it will work fine with the metal connected points.
Does anyone have yehs or nehs to this?
Thanks alot