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Very new to the MRRF, very new to forums in general, etc; so apologies in advance.
Anyways, the issue I am having is quite infuriating, but I am not engineer for anything so I have to ask for help, and hope that you guys might have some ideas.
Here is the issue:
The setup shown in the pic related has four turnouts, all connected to the same power grid, and was working perfectly fine after we had set it up (that is, all four turnouts would switch easily when the corresponding switch was activated without fail) Then, after two weeks of no use, we tried using the track and none of the switches would operate functionally. We would hear the hum on the solenoid, and occasionally the little manual lever would knock back or forth as if to almost switch, but never could. Its like there isn't enough "Oomph" to actually switch the track. We used small machine silicon lubricant to try to make this as effortless as possible for the solenoid but it still isn't enough.
Some more details:
We live in Florida, so its humid, and our track, while covered, is outdoors. We need to clean up the track every now and then, but this hasn't caused any issue that we know of until now. Perhaps this was part of the culprit? I doubt it, personally. The track here is N Scale (9mm between tracks) and Code 80. If there is more information then let me know and I will post all I can.
Anyways, the issue I am having is quite infuriating, but I am not engineer for anything so I have to ask for help, and hope that you guys might have some ideas.
Here is the issue:
The setup shown in the pic related has four turnouts, all connected to the same power grid, and was working perfectly fine after we had set it up (that is, all four turnouts would switch easily when the corresponding switch was activated without fail) Then, after two weeks of no use, we tried using the track and none of the switches would operate functionally. We would hear the hum on the solenoid, and occasionally the little manual lever would knock back or forth as if to almost switch, but never could. Its like there isn't enough "Oomph" to actually switch the track. We used small machine silicon lubricant to try to make this as effortless as possible for the solenoid but it still isn't enough.
Some more details:
We live in Florida, so its humid, and our track, while covered, is outdoors. We need to clean up the track every now and then, but this hasn't caused any issue that we know of until now. Perhaps this was part of the culprit? I doubt it, personally. The track here is N Scale (9mm between tracks) and Code 80. If there is more information then let me know and I will post all I can.