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Double-Track Wye

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Double-Track Wye
Posted by williepee on Saturday, March 9, 2019 8:15 PM

Good Evening Everybody, im setting up a double track wye and im having trouble with it shorting out. Im using a NCE Powercab i took a picture of it but dont know how to upload it lol

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Monday, March 11, 2019 10:48 AM

williepee
i took a picture of it but dont know how to upload it lol

Go to the General Disuccion forum, at the top of the page are instructions on posting photos.

Mike.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, March 11, 2019 11:53 AM

We are stuck without a picture of your wiring, your gaps, what reverser are you using and are you using a circuit breaker?

You have to follow the directions to post a pic in this forum; it is not intuitive.  Basically you need a free site to upload the picture to, (imgur, Flickr, ImgBB) then you have to figure out how to get a link that is either:

  • a picture format, ending in .jpg or .bmp and use the picture icon above
  • a BB-Link which can be pasted directly in you reply with control v

It can't be a Facebook or Google photos or Instagram pic.

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Posted by RR_Mel on Monday, March 11, 2019 11:59 AM

If you do a Google Photo post I can repost it for you so everyone can see it.
 
 
 
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Posted by williepee on Monday, March 11, 2019 1:32 PM
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Posted by williepee on Monday, March 11, 2019 1:34 PM

I just uploaded 3 pics but have to be approved first:(

 

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:03 AM

I'm using two OnGaurd DCC Circuit Auto Reverser's.

NCE Power Cab

the only place it was shorting out was on the leg shown in the picture

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:06 AM

Oh yeah I'm not using a Circiut Breaker

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:35 AM

You didn’t make them downloadable, I had to make screen captures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:47 AM

williepee

I'm using two OnGaurd DCC Circuit Auto Reverser's.

NCE Power Cab

the only place it was shorting out was on the leg shown in the picture

From the On Guard directions:

The fixed trip setting of the OnGuard breakers and reversers are higher than the power output of some of the low power systems like the Zephyr and PowerCab. When a short occurs the system goes into overload before the OnGuard breaker reaches its trip setting.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 1:31 PM

BigDaddy
The fixed trip setting of the OnGuard breakers and reversers are higher than the power output of some of the low power systems like the Zephyr and PowerCab. When a short occurs the system goes into overload before the OnGuard breaker reaches its trip setting.

That doesn't sound good.

Maybe the OP should get the breakers made for his system.

I can open his pictures OK.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:08 PM

Will the digitrax AR1 work with a Powercab or does he need to go with the PSX-AR?  I could see NCE intentionally not mentioning their competition as an option.

His pics are just plain old Flickr pics.  He just needed to click on the arrow at the bottom right and copy the BBlink.

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:00 PM

Good Afternoon everybody, First i would like to say thank you to everybody for trying to help me out:)

Second I'm in the process of ordering 2 PSX-AR's as i type lol

 

 

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:51 PM

Ok I just ordered two PSX-AR's

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 5:54 PM

Are you using standard Atlas crossovers?

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:04 PM

Yes i think so lol

 

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Posted by williepee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:06 PM

I'm using 1 code 100 19 Deg custom crossing

and 2 12.5 Deg crossings

 

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Posted by SouthPenn on Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:06 PM

My NCE system works fine with AR-1s. 

Can't you adjust the trip point on the On Gaurd?

South Penn

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