Is there a way to connect these two switches electrically (see pictures)?
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How about just soldering a wire across the gaps on the outside rails?
Do want the two switches act simultaneously to make a specific route, or do just want to have electrical continuity?
Originally Posted by Bobby Ogage:
Do want the two switches act simultaneously to make a specific route, or do just want to have electrical continuity?
My main goal is to allow power flow between the main line and spur which the switches are connecting.
One more time, with a picture worth at least a few hundred words. Put a piece of wire between the points shown and solder to the metal below.
This will pass current from outside rails to outside rails (which do not appear to be connected because the copper contact is missing)
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With the contacts missing from the "inside" rail, will that cause the switch to buzz, and not want to switch?
Originally Posted by Mo985:
With the contacts missing from the "inside" rail, will that cause the switch to buzz, and not want to switch?
I'm not sure. I never hooked this pair of switches up to power. Instead, I revised (and am still revising) my track plan to accomodate this issue. I guess my question is, why did MTH design their switches this way? I know that this design might accomodate reverse loops, but it makes the switch impractical for the application I illustrated.
