Hello All,
I am in the EXACT same situation- -with a few differences.
Because of that, I am only responding to your specific situation with my experiences and solutions without speculation or presumption.
Just this week I upgraded from a Bachmann Dynamis system with the ProBox and 5 Amp booster to the NCE wireless PowerPro.
My 4’ x 8’ pike has a wye with an MRC AD 520 auto-reversing unit.
Even with the Bachmann ProBox the programming track was practically useless.
As per NCEs own documents the “programming track” output of the command station/booster does not provide enough power to move a locomotive, it only has enough power to program non-sound decoders.
When the programming track is included in the pike; from the output of the command station/booster, the locomotives will “die” after passing over the gapped rails.
I installed an NCE Auto SW. This has two options of setting up a programming track on the pike.
When I installed the NCE system I also included an EB1 in the mix.
I don’t use a power bus. Instead, I have the track feeders emanating out from a central terminal strip, thus creating a single power district for all intents and purposes.
The terminal strip has 8 lugs, each insulated from the other, as you have described.
You can buy metal clips that act as jumpers to energize the adjacent lugs. I made “pig-tails” with short sections of wire and spade connectors to do the same thing between isolated lugs.
I did not change the wiring of the pike.
After installation, I had the same problem of the EB1 not resetting.
The AR 520 is a mechanical device. You can hear an audible “click” when the polarity shifts.
After the EB1 tripped I could hear the A