Re: turnout frogs within a reversing section
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Totally with you, Jim. I've been bewildered by some of the things I read...
Wouter
On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 16:45, Jim Betz < jimbetz@...> wrote: Hmmm,
? I thought 'standard practice' (aka the basic approach) is to wire the turnout to 'the rest of the
layout' and have the?reversing section start just beyond that turnout.? If you have any
turnouts inside the reversing section then they are simply powered 'normally' ... but thru
the reverser.??
? This way everything in the reversing section stays the same polarity all the time (whatever
polarity the reverser is at that point in time).? And the rest of the layout is wired normally as
well (without a reverser).
? Although it can be done it can be difficult to set up two reversing sections that are 'connected'
(where trains run from one reversing section to the other across a double gap).
? Some situations require the entire turnout to be isolated (gaps on all six rails) in order to
support occupancy detection for the turnout (and only the turnout).? But this does not?
affect the basic wiring of such a turnout in terms of what end of it uses the same polarity
as the track it is connected to (which would be the 'single end' of the turnout).
? What am I missing here about this thread?? This is really, really the basic stuff about
how to wire a reversing section ... isn't it?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in the PNW
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