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Kato track

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Kato track
Posted by traindog58 on Thursday, February 15, 2024 8:20 PM

Kato HO scale shorts out when more than 1 power track, running Digitrax DCS 52. How to add more power track feed and avoid shorts?

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Posted by Tophias on Friday, February 16, 2024 1:40 PM

Is your Rail A, Rail B wiring consistent?

Regards, Chris 

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Posted by wjstix on Friday, February 16, 2024 1:56 PM

Kato Unitrack switches have two screws in the bottom that you can use to change them power routing (the factory setting) to non-power routing. I suspect changing them to non-power routing may solve your problem.

Stix
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Posted by bubblyeducate on Sunday, March 17, 2024 8:25 PM

After that, you might fasten the track in a few locations with tiny screws. Once it's assembled, it's quite solid, so you really just need a couple spots to keep it stationary.

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Posted by clairemiller069 on Saturday, April 6, 2024 4:52 AM

This is a very popular brand of model train track system especially well-suited for N scale and HO scale trains. 

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