Help required to fix track problem

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bluetreetop - 29 May 2007 23:24 GMT

Hi there.

Wonder if anyone can advise on what I can do to get my simple layout
depicted at http://www.marcbibaud.com/railtrack.jpg working properly.

I suspect a faulty point or two (the circuit on the right is built from old
triang oo track, the section on the left from new modern oo track, there's a
connector in between). The thing is it gets past the first point but I
can't get it to run beyond the second point no matter which of the four
possible settings I have the two points on. I would imagine that if I
simply wire the known live section to the dead section, all would be OK.
Problem is I don't know where I can get hold of suitable wired connectors
(ie ones that will fit snuggly in the old track - the modern ones are too
thin and fall out). I'm totally useless with fiddly things such as
soldering so making my own is out of the question.

Can anyone come to my rescue?

Thanks.

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Puckdropper - 30 May 2007 00:51 GMT

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Here's some things to check:
1. Is the track shorting at that point? Take a continuity meter (i.e. a
multimeter on the diode or resistor side) and see if there's a connection
between the two rails.
2. Are you just not getting power there? Try running jumper wires
temporarily from where the train runs to where it doesn't. If you've got
wires with aligator clips, you can use them. If you don't, just hold
them down with your hands.

If you find you aren't getting power there, you can run extra jumpers to
the rails by removing the rail joiners and soldering pick up wires on the
bottom. You don't have the problems of melting ties or "bumps" on the
rails if you do this. (You also don't have the flexibility of adding
extra drops where you need to without taking up track.)

Puckdropper

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Help required to fix track problem