cypherman Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Hi all, I need to know how to wire up a Peco double slip so it does not short out. Last time I tried to wire one up it started to melt the sleepers until I completely isolated it and gave it it's own power supply. So any help would be gratefully received. The layout it is going to run on will be DC only. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 That's exactly how I would wire it up. Give it it's own switched section by using insulated joiners on every rail and feed to the outside rails only. Just treat it as a very short section switched as exactly you would for any other section. It's the simple and reliable way for DC as indeed it is for DCC. I have done just that on my DCC layout admittedly without the switch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted November 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2019 Check out https://www.brian-lambert.co.uk/ Lots of info on how to wire up points etc, both DC and DCC. Completely isolating the point and giving it its own feed is the way to go. I also wired up the frogs to switches attached to the peco point motors as well (electrofrog) ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted November 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, cypherman said: Hi all, I need to know how to wire up a Peco double slip so it does not short out. Last time I tried to wire one up it started to melt the sleepers until I completely isolated it and gave it it's own power supply. So any help would be gratefully received. The layout it is going to run on will be DC only. Thanks Must have been something else going on to generate that heat. You don't mention which sort of double-slip it is, Insulfrog or Electrofrog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 Hi all, Thanks for the answers. It is an electrofrog switch. It was shorting out I believe because I had more than 1 power supply in use. It was used as part of a junction where the main lines crossed in to a station throat. the station and all the goods yard and coach lines had it's own power supply so if needed it could be run independently. So if I had trains running on the main line and tried to do some shunting in the station it caused the shorting out. Hence I ended up isolating the slip completely and giving it it's own power supply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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