If you power the Unifrog the samwe way you power the frog on an Electrofrog, it can't possibly short the way an Insulfrog might. There should be zero issues.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Right, I get it y'all like other thing than me but this is my preference. Some my welcome unifrog, but not all.
I prefer Electrofrog, partly for appearance, solid rails, and partly because the insulfrog rails can short if wide tread wheels bridge the gap. Some report it others don't. I prefer to not go there. That's me.
Walthers had new turnouts come so if I can't find anymore Electrofrog Peco #6, maybe I'll fill in with Walthers.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
They're all easy. Non power routing is easier for DCC. Or really, makes no difference as relying on the turnout to supply power after the frog is a bad idea anyway. With one, you need insulated joiners before any feeders downstream of the turnout, with the others, just connect feeders. Neither is particularly difficult.
What I think gets missed is that with Electrofrog and similarly designed turnouts like Fast Tracks is that the gaps in the center diverging rails do not have to go as close to the turnout as possible. That can go some distance away, they just have to be gapped before any fixed polarity feeders are connected. So stretch it out a bit and make it part od the OS detection section, maybe a car or locomotive length, instead of just a couple of inches.
I just want my Code 70 North American turnouts so I can build my yard. They've only been promising those for years.
Unifrog makes no difference to me, I am using Electrofrog anyway. If the next batch I order come as Unifrog, so be it.
Peco web site still shows #6's as Electrofrog or Unifrog. SL-8361/8361 Insulfrog and SL-E8361/E8362 as Electrofrog. The Unifrog double slip is SL-U8363.
As some may be aware, Peco is reportedly planning to replace their two lines of turnouts (Insulfrog and Electrofrog) with a single line (Unifrog).
Until recently, the HO North American code 83 Peco track line has only had the Diamond crossing and Double Slip Switch as Unifrog.
During the past couple of weeks I have noticed vendors are showing the Peco HO Code 83 #6 Insulfrog and Electrofrog as "discontinued" and have replace them with the #6 Unifrog.
The Unifrog has a short metal frog followed by a plastic filled gab and then bifurcating rails. Basically they look like an Insulfrog but with a metal tip frog, which I believe can be energized.
In my case, I opted to buy and stock pile some Peco HO electrofrog code 83 #6 turnouts for my main yard. But still don't have as many as I will need so time has caught up and existing stock on #6 electrofrog code 83 are harder do find.
If anyone knows of a shop that still has Peco code 83 #6 electrofrog, please pm me as I could use a few more.
OTOH, some may prefer the new Unifrog.