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Peco Turnouts and Frog Juicer

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, February 16, 2018 5:26 PM

HeavyFeather
Should I just snip it and replace the wire that drops from the frog andreplace it with an insulated feeder wire? Or, connect it to my feeder wire and off to the Juicer?

You could use shrink tubing or liquid electrical tape.  If you are lucky enough to have a Micro Center computer store near you, they sell small heat shrink.

People are going to tell you they modify electrofrog turnouts or they don't.  Steve Otte has the best rationale for why you should consider modifying them, about 1/2 way down.

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/p/268041/3035733.aspx#3035733

 

Henry

COB Potomac & Northern

Shenandoah Valley

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Posted by SouthPenn on Friday, February 16, 2018 5:08 PM

I just installed 12+ Peco Electrofrg and all I did was use insulated rail joiners. They work fine on my DCC layout. 

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Posted by zstripe on Friday, February 16, 2018 4:52 PM

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Peco Turnouts and Frog Juicer
Posted by HeavyFeather on Friday, February 16, 2018 12:35 PM

I purchased some Peco Electro-frog Turnouts. I also got a frog juicer. The instructions say I no longer have to isolate the frog, simply use insulated rail joiners. should I go ahead and cut the jumpers between the frog and the closure rails still? Should I add jumpers to the stock rails and the closure rails still?   

 

Should I just snip it and replace the wire that drops from the frog andreplace it with an insulated feeder wire? Or, connect it to my feeder wire and off to the Juicer? Its uninsulated, that is my concern. 

THank you for anyhelp. I was planning on upgrading the Peco switches, then I got my juicer and it said I just needed to use insulated joiners. Now, I am confused. I of course still want to have the best performance on my switch tracks as I am running small diesel switching power. 

 

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