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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Don Gibson</i> <br /><br /> <br />The spring in the PECO turnout's allows the rails to stay in place after throwing with your fingers. It's main appeal is economic - not using sw, machines - but over time and oil and contaminants, electrical contact starts to falter. Pros use additional contact points to insure electrical flow. MOST switch machines have these, and other brands of turnouts are designed for using switch machines. <br /> <br />If you have been following recent posts, Peco's springs seen to create some difficulties when mounting Peco's sw. machines. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I have some experience with Peco turnouts (in HOm, HOn30, N and HO scales) and have never had a problem with the spring whilst mounting Peco or Seep (another British manufactuer) 2 coil switch machines. <br /> <br />The spring is important if you use any type of control other than a tortoise sw/mchn or a ground throw with a locking mechanisim. The spring's main importance is mechanical - it keeps the points in contact with the stock rails so they don't move under a train and derail it. I do not recommend anyone to rely on the points alone to make the electrical connection (especially if you use DCC), I always wire in a micro switch attached to the sw/machine to route power to the frog. <br /> <br />Peco turnouts are not without their faults - the most serious of which is that the moulded plastic tie bar fracturers where the turnout rails are attached. There is no way to repair this - just take the point up, bin it, and buy a new one.
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