RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted May 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2019 with dead end sidings with eletrofrog pointsand dcc control best way to wire please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted May 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2019 You have a choice: keep them as dead-end, or fit IRJs on the frog rails and provide additional power feed to the siding. The latter option follows the DCC recommendation that all track is powered at all times. So locos with lights and/or sound will continue to have these functions working even when the points are not set to the sidings. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted May 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2019 Are you going to be storing locos on the dead-ends? Do you want to be able to turn off the darn sound system when you store it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted May 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2019 Sound can stay on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 11/05/2019 at 16:47, RFS said: You have a choice: keep them as dead-end, or fit IRJs on the frog rails and provide additional power feed to the siding. The latter option follows the DCC recommendation that all track is powered at all times. So locos with lights and/or sound will continue to have these functions working even when the points are not set to the sidings. I believe the recommendation of permanently powering tracks is good. DCC allows you to control all locos at all times. If they are in live sidings, then they are under still under your control. It sounds like you are considering relying on point blades for electrical contact. I recommend not doing this. Point blades can become blocked with paint & glue from weathering/ballasting & over time suffer tarnishing too. Cleaning rail tops is easy enough but having to clean the point blades is more of an effort & can easily be avoided. The latest generation of electrofrog points allow stock & switch rails to be electrically bonded. The frog then needs to be isolated & fed via a switch. This gets mentioned on here frequently so a quick search will find something. Some modellers 'get away' without doing this & claim they have no trouble. My own experience has led me to disbelieve them....unless of course they include a session of point blade cleaning in their routine track cleaning. I certainly don't. I used to hide behind my friend's old layout in embarrassment while he did this in front of viewers at an exhibition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martinapsid Posted May 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2019 Hi I have modified the points as show in here i will not be using points motors but some kind wire in tube or big finger i have read about juicers that chance the frogs is this the sort of thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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