02-10-2012, 09:47 PM
Do you have a 12V bulb you can hook across the track? This will tell if it's a short or an open circuit.
Can you run in the rest of block 6?
If the bulb stays on, (or if you don't have one) try putting a wire onto that section, touching it to another rail on that side. It's always possible that there is no full circuit through one of the switches or some other joint.
Can you run the loco to section 10 and 12? Those have curves in the same direction and should indicate if there is a loco problem. Or turn the loco around to see if it always stops turning to the right.
Can you run in the rest of block 6?
If the bulb stays on, (or if you don't have one) try putting a wire onto that section, touching it to another rail on that side. It's always possible that there is no full circuit through one of the switches or some other joint.
Can you run the loco to section 10 and 12? Those have curves in the same direction and should indicate if there is a loco problem. Or turn the loco around to see if it always stops turning to the right.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.