Joe Rampolla posted:Hi Ace,
I always enjoy your posts. If I remember correctly, you once talked about your capacitor discharge circuit for the O27 switch after the switch was modified for fixed voltage to the solenoid. Would that work here?
Small layouts are a lot of fun. I never thought I could find them satisfying until I tried them. I postponed building a layout because I had been convinced that 'big' was the only way to go. I missed out on a lot of enjoyment not considering a small set-up sooner.
Take care, Joe.
Unfortunately the fixed-voltage capacitor-discharge arrangement doesn't work well for O27 switches on a small reverse loop, as discussed here:
https://ogrforum.com/t...id-they-work-for-you
... Suppose you have a train going through a small reverse loop with an 1122 switch powered by capacitor discharge. The switch triggers automatically and unnecessarily when the train enters the loop, and if the train goes through the loop too fast the capacitor may not be adequately charged to fire the switch again for the train to exit the loop.
And as long as metal wheels and axles are on the O27 switch, the capacitor cannot begin recharging. So that is why I used standard-O switches for this loop-to-loop mini-layout!
