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<p>[quote user="trafficdesign"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">BMMECNYC</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Would you mind satisfying a curiosity of mine real quick? Could you set your volt meter to 200 range AC volts and touch the leads to the track at the shorting location and tell me what voltage you get? It should read either approximately 14.5V +0/-2 or 32V +1/-1, depending on how your voltmeter interperets the AC voltage, dont worry if it does read around 30V, thats just your voltmeter not understanding the DCC signal in the track.</p> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Happy to try this but not sure I understand where you'd like me to check it. Do I put the probes on either side of the gap on the same rail (red, gap, red) or on opposite rails. (red, blue)?</p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Track voltage at the point where the short is occuring, with track power on and no locomotive. 1 lead from the voltmeter touching each of the 2 rails. Additionally check the voltage at several points througout the north and south mains with the power on. This may show if you are losing power due to resistance from rail joiners, the rail, etc.</p>
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