01-11-2011, 07:27 AM
Guess what I found out? The switch is defective! When There is a dead short across it! I took it apart, after using my ohm meter, and found one wire copper tag from the frog too long! it was shorting through the metal cover plate on the bottom of the switch! It wouldn't work no matter where it was in the layout! I previously said I used it in-line w/stright side and it worked, I misspoke! I had four switches laying unused and I must have used a different one.
As far as mixing DC & DCC, the Bachmann DCC controller has a patch cord that connects the two together. The rail connector only comes from the DCC controller. This way, I control my DC locos with the DC controller (through the DCC controller), run the aux. power to switches, etc. from the DC controller supply, and control all DCC locos and equipment with the DCC controller.
As far as mixing DC & DCC, the Bachmann DCC controller has a patch cord that connects the two together. The rail connector only comes from the DCC controller. This way, I control my DC locos with the DC controller (through the DCC controller), run the aux. power to switches, etc. from the DC controller supply, and control all DCC locos and equipment with the DCC controller.