geoffb41 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 have 2 passing loops on my inner main line and having probs with 1 of them.if i move the point so a loco can enter it they stop dead about 2 feet before the point.switch the point back and they go again.Doesn't short out the elite and there are no power feeds in the passing loop.have another loop right beside it which works perfectly.thought it might have been a bad point but have replaced and still the sameany ideas apart from ripping it up and replacing piece by piecegeoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Does this happen in exactly the same place as the loco passes over rail joiners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It does tend suggest that you have a power disconnect around the stopping place. As poliss is suggesting above it could be a rail joiner that is causing your problem. Do you have a multimeter that you can check that you have power on all the track.Set the meter to AC for checking a DCC layout and move along the track to check that there is voltage all the way along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Assuming they are Hornby, do you have DCC point clips fitted to all of your points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffb41 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 i don't think its a rail joiner issue as it works fine if the points are set to the main line.Its only when i switch the point to the passing loop all locos stop about 1.5 feet before they reach the point.Switch it back to the main and they go again.So they only stop if the point is set to passing loop.Have point clips fitted. Had a go with the multi meter and main track shows 0.14 volt but the passing loop shows 1.6 although there are no power feeds in it except clips to the main lineHave other passing loops,sidings etc and all work except this onegeoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 As this is DCC geoff you need your meter set on AC Volts to get a representative value.Look upon your track plan as a ring main, power can feed round the track both ways, so the dodgy mainline at the passing loop may be getting its feed from the other end as it were. Then when you flip to passing loop it loses that feed, probably as noted its a dodgy fishplate.When you set passing loop do both ends switch at once or can you operate them separately for fault finding purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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