All of my Peco switches are power routing which causes some problems with DCC. I can’t run an engine on the main line & at the same time do switching because the power is directed to the mainline. How could I modify the switches to make both tracks hot? Thanks…Jerry
all you need to do is solder jumper wires under the track section from rail to rail, make sure you do the right ones, thats all. I had that same issue a while ago when I bought my 1st peco, it does the same on DC, which is what I had at the time.
Kevin
My friends and I use Peco insalfrog switches. We put inslated rail joiners on the two inside rails and feed the track in the siding with wire drops to our power bus. (#14 or 12 wire size for the bus ). I put drops on each piece of rail, end of problems with rail joiners corroding.
Dave
Seems like you would have to use insulated joiners someplace?
I’ve installed about fifty Peco insulfrog turnouts and no insulated rail joiners are required. That’s the advantage of using insulfrogs over the electrofrogs.
[#ditto] There is no reason to use insulated rail joiners with with insulfrog turnouts!!!
As ondrek says, Just add a set of power feeders to the side track. The feeders can come either jumpered from the main or directly from the power source.
All the talk of insulated rail joiners is for Peco’s “electofrog” turnouts.
I agree. If they are power routing, and not lined for the routes that you find are dead, no wonder the power dies at that time. So, simply solder a set of feeders to the rails (probably just the frog rail, but it won’t hurt to do both, as you will soon enough find out) that comprise your siding or spur that goes dead, and power them from a bus. They will thus always be live tracks.