So, you are saying that if I install an EB1, the momentary short that occurs when a loco enters the reverse loop will cause the EB1 to trigger and shut me down before the AR1 can complete the flip? So what would work in place of the AR1? Or is there something else I can use as a breaker that would not trigger in that moment that the AR1 is flipping?
Not gonna post a track plan, eh?
Rich
Alton Junction
Don't really have a track plan. Layout is in a U shape, with 16' legs and 14' across the bottom. When I started building in 2010 I actually had a plan to follow but cut things out and added things in and stretched things out until I ended up with what I currently have. And it is actually open ended at one leg with a turnout to "nowhere" so that I can expand at some point.
You would need an electronic autoreverse like the PSX-AR, which also includes a circuit breaker so it would connect to the SB5, not the EB1. The PSX-AR would do the autoreversing and be the circuit breaker for your reverse loop, the EB1 would be the circuit breaker for the rest of the layout. With the size, you might consider breaking the non-reversing part into more than one section, each with its own EB1.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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