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I just finished wiring my track for dcc control and I decided to put a meter on it. I set the meter to ohms to see if the track would "ohm out" as I call it to see if I had good connections all the way around. I have a double loop so I touched the leads to the outside rail of each track and it did indeed ohm out. Out of curiosity I touched one lead to an inner rail and one lead to an outer rail and that ohmed out as well. I didn't expect that. I do have 2 crossovers in the layout but I still didn't expect this to happen. Have I got it wired wrong? I checked the feeders to the 2 main bus lines and it seems to be right. 1 bus supplies the outer rail and the other bus supplies the inner. Any ideas?
You didn't test until you were finished? I always test with a meter with every connection made as I go. That way as soon as there is a problem one knows the exact connection that created the problem.
Did you test it before any wiring was done to make certain there was not a short in the track itself?
A. Reversing Loops.
B. Wyes.
C. Turntables.
D. Turnouts with hot frogs (like Shinohara, Walthers, Peco Electrofrog).
E. Crosssings with hot rail products (like Shinohara, Walthers, etc.)
Because right now from the information provided one doesn't know if it is the track or the wiring or both.
P.S. Just saw your other post. No Atlas #6 custom line should not require any insulation.
Since we don't know what your layout looks like a reverse loop or getting the feeders mixed up on the 'other side' of a layout has burned me more than once. Inside on one side is inside on the other. . . I read a tech tip once that suggested wiring a dc buzzer in parallel with one of the main track feeds including a dc power pack will 'buzz' if you get confused and cross the wiring.
But I never do that kind of stuff, I'd rather take the chance then grumble while I find the problem.
I haven't been able to find any problems with my wiring. Wondering if its in my turnouts. I'm gonna try a post a video link showing what I have. I wired a feeder wire on these turnouts the same way as the rest of the track. Seperate bus line for inside and outside tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMWC_zdQ330&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
I figured it out. When I was running my bus lines I saw that I was gonna be short on wire so instead of cutting the wire after my first run, I left some slack and continued on to my 2nd run. After I couldn't find the problem I decided to go ahead and hook up my controller and hope I would find the problem then. I did when it was time to hook up my track wires and I only had 3 ends. Just had to cut the wires. Now to find an engine.
