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Re: Reversing Loop without Insulated Tracks
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:43:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I contend there’s still a short potential when any wheelset traverses B
because at least momentarily, you’re aligning the turnout (although it is
spring loaded so it springs back as soon as the wheels go back) to steer
power onto the loop instead of the dead stub end. That’s a short.
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Well yes, but not because the short switched track segment is displaced - the
electrical routing is not done through that, but via contacts hidden inside the
switch, which don’t get displaced. The short is caused by the electrical pickup
in the motor, because it connects the 2 axles, one of which is on either side of
the isolated section of track.
ROSCO
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| (...) Thanks for the reminder, I forgot about that. So random single wheelsets won't impact this, only bridging from one wheelset to another within the motor (or if you connect motors to get better pickup performance as Mark Bellis does, across (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I suggest you read up on reversing loops for some background. There are plenty of references out there if you use Google to look. But, failing that, and also for the benefit of the rest of the readership... Consider an ordinary reversing loop (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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