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Good old Hornby Silver Link wheels I think .. caused havoc on my Streamline Peco points ... with a 'test coach' .. swapped for the plain R8096 wheels which I also slotted into an old DMU set (middle and trailor) and now runs smoothly, quieter and doesn't wobble.

Great stuff NTP ... I may even get this up and running before the decades out ..

I'm thinking more like your second reasoning NT .. only following the diagram of the MTB motor above ^^ the positives go to the motor not the switch.. and the negatives are on the middle peg of the On On .... scratches head I don't want multiple points to switch at once .. yet .. 4 switches to control 4 points at each 'corner' of the layout as it were.

There are loads of Youtube ambient sounds, from country side to bustling city's and stations rip them to an MP3 file and play on loop.

Hi chaps .. me again, am I right in thinking that because I'm using MTB motors which have an auto power off at the end of each switching position, I can 'daisy chain' the power feeds to each point motor .. and daisy chain each negative from the 'On - On' panel switches?

Is this 4 amp PSU recommended for all Selects on larger circuits?

Maybe i could come down to the 2x 0.50 then .. and still be in spec? But use the 2x0.75 for the rails bus? The lay - out is roughly 25ft long and 8ft wide, single track apart from a passing loop at the station. Was thinking of having several distribution boards along the way to sort of create hidden power sub stations for different areas, lighting houses and street lights etc.

2 x 0.75 .. Would this wire be suitable for an accessory bus .. be used mainly for LED lighting and a few other bits and bobs. Can't really tell from the description, I need a piece in my hand to judge it!!

Cool ... thanks, once you see it in your mind makes it clear .. I didn't realise for some reason there would be two sets of power going into these modules. Thanks for sticking with me NTPNT' .. and Baz, good thinking, glad you told me.

So the common is the frog green wire and the other two are spliced from the red and black droppers from the points/DCC bus?

OK .. so I am kind of starting to put some point motors in soon .. MTB mp1 to be exact, I have the points (Peco Electrofrog Streamline Code 100) I have watched the videos ^^ and can't see the points for wires everywhere. I have cut the two linking wires, bonded the stock rails to the closure rails and included two dropper wires from this area! Also added two insulated joiners at the frog bit. I have shortened and added a green wire to the flimsy frog wire, so from under the baseboard I have a red and black wire (track) and the green frog wire. Is this all I need? From the picture below, where do I put the wire to the frog? The aux is switched one way or another, so do I need TWO frog wires?? Else how does it change polarity..This is what is confusing me, I just cannot see the obvious. I have soldered in lights and breakout boards etc in new and old locos, but this electrical voodoo is killing me. I am using a switch only (on-off-on) , no electronic control automatics, please help.

Cheers fellas ... I'll sleep on it, I will go with the bonding tip and go with a switchable frog no doubt, but I've just broken my wire strippers so that's it for today. I have managed to set my MTB MP1 motors to 3mm swing without breaking anything!!

Another issue is the wire size ... it ranges from 7-02 to 16-02 for track feeds ... which is best? I've opted for the 7-02 but then when you see the size of the frog wire on the points and its very thin and fragile, nothing like what I've been advised to use ... can ethernet cable be used as a frog extension perhaps .. got loads of that kicking about 😁

A little more complicated you're not kidding especially if you want added extras such as the panel lighting etc ... what adds to the problem is on the right side of the layout the boards are lower to add depth levels for the landscaping and this has caused the problem that the points on that side will need to be on an elevated section and so the point motor will have to be surface mounted or some right fiddly wiring between boards if you know what I mean?

Hi NT .. I'm using Peco Electrofrog Streamline points SL-E86 up to SL-E89 two of each left and right.