Turntable R070 DCC conversion where 3 income tracks to turntable from main layout plus one siding

[Mick1707822781]

Hi In sorry to post what is probably the 3000th post about dcc turntables but I have watched loads of you tube videos and looked at loads of posts and am still no wiser. I have converted the turntable motor to dcc as per hornby website and removed the brass plates and the turntable turns fine by dcc . All guidance ive seens seems to assume one track coming into the turntable and several isolated tracks out to park engines. My layout has 3 linescoming in from various parts of the layout and one siding to park a train (one of my lines does go to a 4 bay engine shed but is still connected to other parts of the layout.). (Would add picture but not sure how to). So i have power feeds to all 4 tracks but with the train sitting on the turntable it seems to be shorting in numerous places when it touches the track, presumably as rhe polarity is changinf as it moves around. I havent done anything with the power feed to the turntable track other than to connect my dcc bus to the two brass connectors on the top). So first question is can/how do i sort things out so the turntable can move all around and the train move on or off it without shorting? (Did see commwnts about reverse loop? But not sure if this will work in this scenario)

Second problem is that the train when moving in from the line onto the turntable does get stuck as well (not sure if this is due to gap between tge tracks or angle of tracks of what) so any advice on this also gratefully received

thanks

[Mick1707822781]

Here is plan of the layout if helpful

[96RAF]

Did you read FAQ 3 in the sticky post above.

[Mick1707822781]

Did you read FAQ 3 in the sticky post above.

 

 

[Mick1707822781]

Sorry where are the sticky posts? Thanks

[Mick1707822781]

Thanks found them now and solution there so thank you. Pity i took out the brass rail joiners as per hornbys guidance….

[RDS]

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[Fishmanoz]

Hi Michael, without wishing to sound pedantic, it is not possible to have 3 inlet tracks as the TT only has one. What you have is 1 inlet and 2 outlets which connect back to the layout and are subject to phase reversal as the TT rotates.

Then I’d suggest you replace those brass fingers at each end of the bridge.

Note to Rob - someone should really ask Hornby to stop sending that less-than-best-practice advice with the TT. Or if they don’t, they should provide a free brass finger replacement service to people who have followed their advice and binned the fingers, then found how to do it better, especially those with more than one layout connection to the TT.

PS. The highlighting was done by Hornby to tell me the OP’s username currently is a banned word, hence my spelling it in full.

[96RAF]

Thy will be done Fishy.

[RDS]

Strange that a member can have a username that is a banned word, which in this particular case is ridiculous (and has been raised with Hornby)