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  1. Andy Mac

    Andy Mac Well-Known Member

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    or any other train set geeky types.

    I got a Hornby Orient Express Boxed Set for my 40th. Apart from setting up a few times to please my kids, it has been back in it's box in the loft for the best part of *many* years now.
    I suddenly got an urge to get it out this week with a view to testing it, and maybe setting it up as a winter display.
    Anyway ........ I am rubbish with electrics, so don't baffle me. As per the pic below, it has run nicely around the outside track. When I switch the points to send it to the inner track, it transfers OK then stops. QUESTION 1: Is that because I have no track power connector to the inner track?

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    tingleytyke Well-Known Member

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    Connect the power to the inner track see if you reverse the fault.
     
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    Andy Mac Well-Known Member

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    Was my first thought but didn't want to blow anything up or short anything.
    Cheers though
     
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    Stick your tongue on the inner tracks and see what happens. ;)
     
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    The answer to the question imo is yes. I had a similar set up (many years earlier I might had) and it needed a second connection to the inner track which threaded underneath the outer one.
     
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    Have u checked that there arent any leaves on the inner track ;-)
     
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    Yes. As soon as either set of points is closed, the inside track is open circuit.
     
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    Yes definitely ... you need power to the inner track cos once you close the points from the outer track then the inner one becomes isolated.
    Remember though to fit a separate power clip exactly as you have done the on the outer track otherwise you'll get a short circuit Positive to positive, negative to negative.
     
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    Thank you.
     
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    I can't help thinking that you're using outdated technology.

    "Dilithium is a precious crystal used in tactical warp drives. It is semi-permeable to both deuterium and anti-deuterium, and provides a natural chamber for a controlled matter-antimatter reaction, focusing the energy so it can be harnessed and used for power."

    Got to be worth a try?
     
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    Wrong sort of snow..? :p
     
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    Have you checked that the driver isn't one of those taking strike action?
     
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    I could have posted this on one of the Liz Truss threads, but maybe better here...

     
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    Every bloke needs a hobby! ... and a shed lol
     
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