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I have for a while been using insulated frogs on my dcc layout (test bench) and had a big problem with the peco long turnout, the mediums wasn't to bad, I finnally decided that the length of the frog was just to long and switched to a live frog. Anyway to get to the question, I read this in another thread.
QUOTE Points with DCC should have the inner rails of the exit tracks isolated. These are the rails that connect to the frog.
Generally you power the rails of the point from the rails going into the points. As the rails going out are isolated, you need power feeds on the tracks on the other side of the points too.
What is the reason for wiring this way and what benefits will I get?
I wired mine as per the instructions on the peco sheet, isolate where the points oppose each other. One thing I have found since changing out the long turnout, I am able to run my trains much slower through the point
on the downside the remaining medium turnouts now stall the train
guess thats the next thing to change.
QUOTE Points with DCC should have the inner rails of the exit tracks isolated. These are the rails that connect to the frog.
Generally you power the rails of the point from the rails going into the points. As the rails going out are isolated, you need power feeds on the tracks on the other side of the points too.
What is the reason for wiring this way and what benefits will I get?
I wired mine as per the instructions on the peco sheet, isolate where the points oppose each other. One thing I have found since changing out the long turnout, I am able to run my trains much slower through the point

