I have built a large layout adding a new section on to an old. The new section is all color coded drops. The old is a mishmash. I had the main up and running for days and no problem over both sections. This morning I get up and read a dead short, I changed nothing. Took power away from the only siding on the old and no more short, so I fixed the problem but my question is, how come the short did not appear from the get go????????????
Double check you feeders to make sure you dont have a stray one hanging down. I had that with my layout when I built it.. ran fine and I go back and it shorted out.. I had a pair of feeders that i missed and they were touching causing my troubles
Maybe you had a gap close?
Peter
It was a gap that closed I finnaly found out but it was intermintant in the midle of a module, needless to say I went arround and double checked all gaps on the layout!!!!!!!!!!!!
rrebell It was a gap that closed I finnaly found out but it was intermintant in the midle of a module, needless to say I went arround and double checked all gaps on the layout!!!!!!!!!!!!
CA small pieces of styrene into your gaps. File them to the profile of the rail and weather them. You'll never see them, and your gaps will never close up on you.
I used insulated joiners and this case, went back and recut the gab but I guess not deep enough!
You can't be TOO careful with gaps! I always put a plastic insulator between rails after cutting a gap. Last year during an ops session I had a short that closed after (10) years of operations. Seems I had missed an insulator!
Good Luck,
Gale
Time to ACC in some styrene!!!!!!!!!!