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Help with short circuit
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:12:11 GMT
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Here's the layout: an oval with a left and a right hand turnout. The turnouts
turn into the oval and are connected with track. Nothing complicated here. If
I switch both turnouts to the inside I get a short. If I switch only one to the
inside and keep the other straight and there's no short. In other words if the
train is switched inside it will continue to run as long as the other switch is
straight (no turn in). Ultimately of course the train will hit this switch and
derail -- so at some point the 'receiving' turnout has to be flipped to receive
and then there's a short. Is this the way it is supposed to work? I don't think
I've got a reversing loop here. The turnouts are new.
I can handle travel on the inside track by flipping both switches at the same
time, but it doesn't seem like I should have to do that?
Any advice from the pros in this section would be appreciated.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) If you're getting a short, then you have a reversing loop. I'm guessing it looks something like this: /----\ | _/ If so, you definitely have a reversing loop. You can work around it by insulating the inside section of track completely and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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