Comments on: Track Wiring Help Needed https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=track-wiring-help-needed Model railroads and model trains Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alvaro Sousa https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42047 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:58:26 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42047 In reply to Geoff.

Dale answer you. Nothing more to say.

]]> By: Alex Anson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42035 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:53:58 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42035 In reply to Geoff.

Thanks for the diagram it’s a big help

]]> By: Alex Anson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42034 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:50:14 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42034 In reply to Richard L Luce jr.

Tyanks

]]> By: Alex Anson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42033 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:49:51 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42033 In reply to Dale.

Thank you I’ll take it on board

]]> By: Geoff https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42013 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 01:19:03 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42013 I second Dale’s comments. Put the insulators where he says. And you only need three transformers. As for where you attach, the power leads to the track, it depends a bit on whether the switches you have are “power routing”, ie send power along the track they are switched to, and isolate the track they are switched against. If they don’t isolate, then it doesn’t matter where you connect the three transformers. If the switches do isolate, then you need to be careful where to connect. I’ve marked in blue where Dale suggests the insulators should go, and I’ve marked in red where I would connect the power.

]]> By: Richard L Luce jr https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42011 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:50:07 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42011 I’d have to agree with comment. You will need to isolate each switch on one side of it. That prevents any power to that track. It’s like blocking that section of track. All three would use different transformers.

]]> By: Dale https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/track-wiring-help-needed.html#comment-42000 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:20:12 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5845#comment-42000 From the drawing, the inner loop does not connect to the rest of the layout so you can use one transformer for that. As for the rest, if it were me, I would isolate the inner loop from the rest at three points: the crossover at the top left, the start of the lead track at the front by the track switch, and at the diverging track at the far right and have one transformer for the outer loop and the third for the operational and switching portion of the layout. This would let you use the two loops independently while still doing some car positioning.

Again, if it were me, I would seriously consider using DCC and forget about all the wiring headaches.

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