That means that the problem is in a small part of the switch motor. The terminal that the controller grounds to throw the turnout straight or the wire between it and the contact plate at the other end of the motor assembly or the contact-plate terminal is grounded, either within the switch-motor assembly or exposed so that it comes in contact with some grounded part of the turnout assembly.
So basically look for any wire that is touching something it should not be touching?? I will take a look.
No bare wires at all. All looks good. Should I check where each wire is going??
The switch buzzes when half way switched in either direction. It will stay in curve or straight, but now when you manually switch it, it buzzes half way through when switching to another direction. It will stick in striaght and curve, but will buzz when going from straight to curve or vice versa. And the controller action does not work, it will only stay in straight and will not switch to curve, it tries to but will not do it.
Can you make the motor work properly when it is not attached to the turnout? (Connect the transformer between the center terminal and the fixed-voltage plug.)
OK, I will try it. Connect one wire to the center terminal and another to the fixed voltage tap. Will do.
Yes, It works just fine when I attach a wire to center nut and attach the fixed voltage plug when motor is off the rail assembly. I take it that is good news. Now what?
That suggests that something on the top of the motor is touching something that it should not on the bottom of the turnout when you put them together. See what you can find on the motor that might be doing that.
Ok, I will check. There is a copper little tab thing under the common contact assembly thing. the middle thick rail, right under it. Is that copper tab supposed to make contact with anything??
Top of the motor, you mean the motor next to the light bulb?? Or do you mean where the contacts are??
I looked really hard and could not see anything that is touching something it should not be touching. Maybe the insulation that is wrapped around one of the strips is not insulating good enough. I dunno. I have tried everything haven’t I. I tried taking out the bulb to see if it works, nothing. Could I try hooking up a wire to center nut to the U on transformer and fixed voltage plug plugged in with no controller all connected to the track on the layout??
The nut, the one used to screw in the screw that hold the motor assembly, is it supposed to me metal or plastic bakelite?? Mine is metal, just wondering cause some of mine are plastic ones.
I found what was wrong. The 2 contacts closest to the edge of the switch is touching the middle rail or two outside rails. I put black tape over it where it was touching and it worked. But the switch cannot switch all the way, because the black tape is too thick. Does not swivel as well. What should i do??
little bit of lube did the trick. Now it swivels just nice. Thanks for all the help with this matter. Now I am happy with that switch. Thanks again.
Now I am having problems with the contacts on another switch. The contacts are not touching the metal contact plates. How do you bend these contacts down to make them touch?? Any tricks to do this? Any way to do this or take out the contacts and put in new ones?? Thanks.