Installed a curved peco turnout - but find that the the “snap” on the point can not by activated by the Humpyard switch - too much resistance. Has anyone else used Humpyard switches with Peco turnouts? Can I cut the snap wire on the switch? I like the snap feature as it insures good pressure against the rails.
Thanks in advance!
Remove the spring.
David B
It’s fairly easy to remove the Peco spring, but you may need to remove the turnout from the layout in order to get the spring’s cover off. Two small tabs on top of the turnout need to be bent upward and then the cover over the spring can be removed from the bottom.
PECO switch machines move PECO turnoutsl
PECO turnouts have a ‘stiffer’ spring than than Atlas (to insure better contact) since they rely on the points to ‘power route’. Other ‘Routing’ types recommend powering the frog via external switch machine contacts.
Your ‘Humpyard switch mahines’ do not have enough ‘hump’.
If you remove the spring you may have to ‘wire’ the frog or frog rails. I’d prefer using the Peco switch machine,especially if your ‘humpyard’ machines don’t have SPDT contacts.
Thank you gentlemen. I have removed the spring and I am happy to report that the taconite transfer terminal now has rail service with remote switching via humpyard.