Today I powered up four brand new Atlas O switches and I powered up one leg. None of them would push power through from the end of one leg to the other. I am a very experienced Atlas O user and I know that powering each leg or soldering jumpers is the best guarantee for power to pass through but I thought that the more robust wiring of the newer Atlas O switches would allow me to forego jumpers. I was careful to clean the end of the rails and use new track connectors. Power was fine up to the end of the first rail leg on each switch and then the loco died.
I am trying to wire for the best DCS signal and I don't want to power each leg of the switch. I prefer to use jumpers if that is the only solution. Is anyone else having this problem? I have contacted Atlas to see what they have to say. I am committed to the Atlas switches. I don't want to change to Ross or anything else for aesthetic reasons. At almost $100 per switch, I should be able to figure this out.
Eliot