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Peco Electrofrog Points - Please Help!


CallingAtGreatDestinations

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Hello, I am a fairly novice modeler and I have decided to dip my toe into wiring. I wanted to do a test of my wiring beforehand by utilizing the Peco PL-10E, PL-9, PL-13, and PL-26B, along with a medium radius Peco Electrofrog point. I have followed the steps of the Dean Park YouTube channel, and modified the point as shown. I am very confused as to how I am meant to continue, as my first arrangements have not worked. I cannot get the point motor to work. Again, I am very new to this, so patience is appreciated.

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You should've put this into a forum topic, not a blog.

 

You will need insulating fishplates between the frog rails and the next piece of track and  a switch (e.g. on the point motor) to switch frog power to which ever direction it is in.

Otherwise it won't work.

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Another thing, all track will need power feeds

 

Is that a passing contact changeover switch? You need one if you are using 12vDC (or AC) to switch solenoid point motors

 

From the 12v supply you feed one wire to the common on the switch, one wire to the common on the point motor, the other two wires on the switch go each to the other two wires on the point motor.

 

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From the picture it looks like you don't have a power feed going to the switch (middle contact) - only the 2 wires going to the point motor. The wire that looks like it's connected to the track needs to be connected to the other polarity on the controller.It looks like you have correctly installed insulated joiners on the track from the frog but the controller should be connected to the track BEFORE the frog; e.g. at the bottom of the photo before the tie-bar.

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There are two entirely separate electrical circuits, one to operate the point motor and one to change the polarity of the frog.

 

The wires you have connected to the switch and the point motor in your photograph are for operating the point motor. Connect the green wire to a power supply (perhaps with a CDU) - Peco appear only to recommend 16V, but I think the motor works with a wide range of voltages. You then need to connect the other wire from the power supply to the middle terminal of the PL-26B switch. The switch should now work the point motor, but it won't change the frog polarity. If the point works the wrong way round for your switch orientation, just swap the red and black wires over at either the switch or the point motor.

 

The PL-13 is for controlling the frog polarity. I've never used one and I've only looked at a wiring diagram. The terminal on its own is the common, and this is connected to the frog. The other two terminals need to be connected to the track power supply, one to one rail and one to the other, but I couldn't say which way round they need to be (only one way round will work).

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