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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Trynnallen . I would also be intrested in trying to figure out how to power my points on my turnouts as that would also help solve the problem. [/quote] Are the frogs insulated or 'live'? Do you have manual or remote turnout throw? Solder power-feed wires to each point rail near the hinge on the point side of the hinge, put a large enough hole in the benchwork to handle the slight movement of the wire when the turnout is thrown. Use these to feed power to the points. This routes power around potential bad contact areas such as the points to to stock rails or point rail hinges. If live frog tie these wires to a wire connected to the frog or a rail leaving the frog. if dead frog connect them to their adjacent stock rail wires. If remote controlled you may be able to get a SPDT switch that installs on the turnout motor (ie Peco, Tortoise etc) to route power. If manual controlled a wire linkage from the throwbar to an under table microswitch can route the power to the points. I had this problem too, now use under table microswitches linked to my Peco N scale manual turnout throwbars. One microswitch works fine for frog and point powering, but am trying to get up to 3 microswitches to work. This allows reverse power routing - powering the diverging routes from separate cabs lets the points select which cab control powers the track leading away from the points. Have been able to eliminate the control panel with this method. But the N scale Peco just barely has enough spring force to hold 3 microswitches at 25 grams force each. Am working on another method for multipole auxiliary contacts that does not require a wire linkage yet still provides all the switching features, and can be installed after-the-fact on existing layouts.
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