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Re: Tripping Breaker


 

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Drawings are always helpful to see when requesting this kind of help, but do make certain that your reverser trip current any delay timing is LESS than your booster/power supply/overall trip current as you need the reverser to fail and swap the rail polarity before anything else trips.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of mwbailey
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2024 11:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [w4dccqa] Tripping Breaker

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OK, I think I set the breaker to trip at 3 amps -- if 2 amps is good, 3 amps ought to be better -- using CV. I don't know if I can determine for sure the breaker trip setting has been changed.

I ran a loco over the "south" track gap for the WYE with no problem. Of course, I'm not sure if I can know if the reverser did it's job or if the tracks were already "lined up".

However, when I ran over the "north" WYE gap, which is near a turnout, I got a short and momentary (a couple of seconds) shutdown. As before, the breaker would reset and almost immediately trip again. The loco derailed at the turnout, so I think the next thing I need to do is find out why I got the derailment before going further with electrical issues!!

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