Hi John; Yes, the Shinohara turnouts have "live frogs", which mostly means you can only feed power from the point end of the turnout. If you have two turnouts facing each other, or a power feed from the frog side for any reason, you must insert a gap or insulating joiner on the rail between the frog and the feed. Most of us routinely gap the rails on the frog side and run a feed to the rail beyond the gap. This is true in two-rail AC or DC as well as DCC (with non-insulated frogs). I think you came from O-three rail where that wasn't an issue?
Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 11/14/11, johnalbee03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, in my new quest in building S > scale, I've acquired some Shinohara turnouts. A #6 and > #8. I run DCC, and when I installed the turnouts, and > threw the point rails against the main, it all shorted > out. My guess is...the frog is live and therefore must > be "cut". No way to do this from the bottom so I guess > it's get out the Dremel time and have at it. I also > have a "Frog Juicer" that can be wired to the frog to handle > polarity issues... > Am I close on this? Kinda disappointed to have to do > this to every turnout. Oh well, they look good. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
