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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gmpullman Kyle, I am faced with the same dilemma. DCC will not cure any short circuits caused by power routing turnouts. If anything, DCC is more sensitive to brief shorts caused by metal wheels even touching the back sides of the switch points. You have to cut gaps anywhere a power routing switch meets another PR switch, frog-to-frog as in your crossovers. The best advice is to cut these gaps as close to the frog as possible and use additional feeders "downstream" of the frog. See wiringfordcc.com and read the switch wiring section... Ed [/quote]Hi Ed, I finally figured out how to avoid the short circuits, thanks to this great article: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/123musuj.asp (many thanks to the author!) For anyone having problems with short circuits due to power routing turnouts, here's the simple answer: Insolate the frog end of the TO! Either one or both of the legs. Make sure that power gets to a TO only through the point end - not the frog end. As this might be obvious to many here, it took me some research to figure this out. So, whenever all train operation stops after throwing a particular TO, that TO's legs must be insolated. One or both of them. That will stop the short. You might have to install additional feeders to the parts of the track, that don't receive power anymore due to insolating those TO's. I hope this helps. Kyle.
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