Where does the insulating joiners go for this setup

Started by Grassyfield, July 17, 2024, 08:25:49 AM

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My feed wires are soldered to the side rather than underneath because I prefer to get all the track laid first and then wire up.  With Peco code 55 rail the wire is soldered to the lower part of the rail and is later hidden by the ballast.

With things like points which come with a bare wire frog dropper pre-fitted, those come down through a hole directly underneath.  You don't have to, but I prefer to fit heatshrink over the bare wire to keep it tidy, to protect the wire, and to colour code it as a frog dropper :)
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Here is a rough look at the overall lay out with the yellow and red lines being the feeders. So based off this am i right where i said i should put the IRJ. Thank you very much.



ntpntpntp

I'd say that's more feeders than you actually need, but if you're happier with them being there then that's fine.

As for the IRJs, you have so many feeders you might as well just fit IRJs to all the frog V rails and avoid any possible problems :)

QuoteI dont know if they are on different controllers or what that means. Im using one NCE controller.

@Bealman was probably thinking your layout is DC controlled - in which case you have a different controller for each separate oval of track so that you can run trains independently. Where you have crossovers from one controller to another it's important to have IRJs regardless of what type of point (Insulfrog, Electrofrog, Unifrog) because there are electrically separate circuits.

However your layout is DCC controlled with an NCE PowerCab. All your track is wired to the same power and is all one electrical circuit.  In this case the IRJs are needed on Electrofrog point V rails to prevent power back-feeding into the frog and causing a short circuit.

This diagram shows why Electrofrog points need IRJs after the frog in any situation where there is a power feed to the rail beyond the frog

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