BigGRacing
Aka. Gary Russell
Smudge, do you use insulators at all?
No, and all three legs have feeders either on them or within 6" of them, and I've never really had a problem yet, I've had shorts on points, but that was my fault for not checking the wheel gauge on the loco.
Even the picture I showed is incorrect in my opinion, that short white rail should be red in my op8nioninion with power coming from the other direction? Hard to get reliable accurate info at times.No, and all three legs have feeders either on them or within 6" of them, and I've never really had a problem yet, I've had shorts on points, but that was my fault for not checking the wheel gauge on the loco.
No, it's correct, it's called power routing, the white rail in the frog itself isn't carrying any power, because the switch is carrying power from the other track to the bottom blade, if you switch the blade the other way, the white blade in the diagram will then become powered (red) and the blade shown in blue will then be unpowered (white) that's how Insulfrogs work. The author has simply used white to differentiate the unpowered blade, but you're correct, the track side of the frog should be red, not whiteEven the picture I showed is incorrect in my opinion, that short white rail should be red in my op8nioninion with power coming from the other direction? Hard to get reliable accurate info at times.
There are a few good videos on the tube that show how to solder jumpers underneath to essentially make the insulfrog more electricly reliable. I thought about doing it, but chose to go with the 3 feeder approach.Electrofrogs simply have the blade powered all the time, apparently having the blades powered helps with power conductivity, in case the blade doesn't throw correctly and connect to the relative rail, causing a stall.
Yes, if you get it wrong and ruin the turnout, $$$$$$There are a few good videos on the tube that show how to solder jumpers underneath to essentially make the insulfrog more electricly reliable. I thought about doing it, but chose to go with the 3 feeder approach.