 | | Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Jason J. Railton
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| | | Final clue then. This pretty much gives it away: (URL) it's a polarity switch...>> So, what track mod do I need to finish this off? Since big hints seem in order, it's an electrical fix... Jason R (19 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | (...) (URL) Oh, it's a polarity switch...>> (...) Reversing loop with automatic polarity system? (19 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) How could one *possibly* use a fully functioning sewerage system for *that*??? ROSCO (19 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) Close, but note there's nothing that could {input} the position of a train to trigger a polarity change at the right moment. It does hook directly up to the controller as Mathew suggested. Jason R (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) I guess I must finally accept the truth that it is nothing to do with excrement :( What it looks like to me is a controller for a end-to-end tram line. Or some such. (Do trams have toilets??) ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) Ah, finally the penny (rather than other unsavoury matter) drops! So what old model rail trick do you have to do to the track to make it work in a neat and orderly fashion? (Good grief, it's like pulling teeth. Remind me not to try anything (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) Seems to me it'd be handy to have an isolated section of track at each end, connected with a diode (opposite polarity at each end) so it stops nicely but there's probably other ways to do it. (...) You can't fool us, you really love it ;) (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —John Barnes
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| | | | (...) That was exactly what I thought 'til I built one for our LUCNY layout. Turns out the diodes have to be the same way round :) So you only have to make one polarity of diode insulated track section. I use an RCX to simply reverse power every (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Yes, but what IS it????? [Pt. 5] —Brian Davis
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| | | | (...) Nifty. Do you have any pictures or diagrams of this (OK, it's a *really* simple diagram I'll admit)? (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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