AUSLNER Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Some pieces of the track have melted under the heat produced from the locomotive. How to avoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60157 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 hi make sure you have good joins between tracks or make sure you have droppers from each peace of track to give you good flow of current all the way round your track ie a bus system this should get rid of any probs with melting track hope this helps shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hi AUSLNER,As 60157 has saiid you must not rely onj rail ties to carry the power supply to the locomotive. You are passing as much as 128 watts from the transformer to the loco tender wheels and the rail ties are the weakest link and act as miniture electric fire elements.The Wales and West exhibition layout for the 00 Live Steam Club has droppers from the track to the buss to carry the load. Short lengths of track have a single dropper and track longer than 12 inches has a dropper at eithert end of the track.Points are isolated from the main line tracks and the residual steam in the locmotives are used to carry the locomotive trough the points. Curves are joined by metal rail ties to help hold the joints together, but these are not designed to carry any power.Join the 00 Live steam clud for help and advice http://www.00livesteam,com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brightstar Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Sorry the club's address should be http://www.livesteam.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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