I popped into my local Model Shop to pick up yet another pair of Peco Electrofrog points for my slowly growing layout. After laying dozens of these, imagine my surprise when I got home and opened the first packet and found thin wire wrapped around the lines. My first reaction was that someone hadn't cut off the wire. But on examining the other point, it was the same. It was a case of RTFM (read the flipping manual). From the new instruction sheet, it appears the wire is the connection from the frog to a polarity switch for code 75 or DCC users.
I must have been asleep/abroad when Peco decided to revamp their points. When did this happen? I noted also that the old lugs that made contact with the underside have gone and the hinges have been replaced by thin wire. I will be interested to see how these compare with the old style of point.
By the way the shop was the Great Eastern Railway Co in Norwich and has undergone a re-vamp. I did not recognise the inside as now it is totally devoted to Model Railways on the ground floor with an extensive range of goodies. If you are in the area it is worth a visit, but beware of the problem of parking.
I must have been asleep/abroad when Peco decided to revamp their points. When did this happen? I noted also that the old lugs that made contact with the underside have gone and the hinges have been replaced by thin wire. I will be interested to see how these compare with the old style of point.
By the way the shop was the Great Eastern Railway Co in Norwich and has undergone a re-vamp. I did not recognise the inside as now it is totally devoted to Model Railways on the ground floor with an extensive range of goodies. If you are in the area it is worth a visit, but beware of the problem of parking.