Comments on: High Resistance Track Switches https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/02/high-resistance-track-switches.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-resistance-track-switches Model railroads and model trains Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Frank Bushnell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/02/high-resistance-track-switches.html#comment-8604 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:10:32 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3468#comment-8604 I am not familiar with Lionel track, but this sounds strange.

This would mean that about 1 Amp would be continually drawn from a 12 Volt supply even with no locos on the track.

Are you measuring this resistance with the switch electrically isolated (completely disconnected) from everything else ? Is it the same if the switch is in either side position or central ?

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