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The instructions that come with the Peco points have something to add about electrofrog points. <br /> <br />To get this to work you need a switch of some discription that regulates the polarity of the frog - this can be a microswitch pushed by the fascia mounted rod or inside a switch machine e.g. a tortoise or whatever. <br /> <br />turn the points over and you'll see that there are a number of wires in recesses in the sleepers. If you attach the wire from the frog to the microswitch and cut the two short wires that connect the moving rails to the frog then the frog and moving rails are isolated from each other. You still need to put insulating rail joiners on the rails leading away from the frog. <br /> <br />The result is that when the points are set for one route the frog is the approprate poartiy BUT the moving rail close to the other rail (the one that is open adn can cause electrical shorts on metal wheels) is now electrically dead! <br /> <br />end of problems. <br /> <br />I would go for electro frog points as they look a bit nicer and are less prone to wear on the tip of the frog as it is metal not plastic
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