I can highly recommend WT-40 Contact Cleaner (NOT 'normal' WT-40) which is a non-polar solvent designed for cleaning of electrical circuits and contacts. Or many other contact cleaners (I live in the

I'm not arguing, but. Wiping any rail with any abrasive can lead to other problems. I quit using bright boy, sand paper and certainly never a file. My current favorite is a white wine bottle cork. And

I agree with the others that pont rails contacting the stock rails are not a great switch design. Better designs have one contact slide onto the other, often referred to as "wiping". I'd take a vacuum

Perry, Sorry, I did not address my post to you. - Jim

Ron,Doug,Morgan, ... all, Conductivity to the loco and power to the rails are related but two separate things. 1) Check your power with a meter. Operate the turnout - several times - and

Doug. Even Ron agrees with graphite. He also has agreed that mineral spirits are acceptable. So as for cleaning and improving electrical conductivity, my solution does work. I am a frugal person who

Might want to take a look at this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYxjcTWCB0 Doug Wagner Bakersfield CAIn a message dated 06/02/21 10:32:58 Pacific Standard Time, texasperry@...

Mike G, That won't work with electrofrogs Perry, Your going to have to solder a wire to one of the rails on the frog side of the turnout. Then you need to use a frog juicer or a switch of some

 Hi Perry, Nothing will work for a long period of time on a reliable basis. The one thing that I have found that does work is to solder a flexible jumper wire from the stock rails to its closure

Here's what I have done with PECO code 83 Insulfrogs in HO. As you know, they rely totally on point feed. Unless one were to wire. I chose not to wire. So. What do I do. Clean the points and adjoining

Folks, I have exhausted my options on My N scale Peco electrofrog turnout issues. It seems to be related to reliable contact of the point rails to the stock rail. even after cleaning where the points

Don, Finally got around to cutting gaps into the rails from the frog. That was it ! You were exactly correct. Everything functions as it should. Thanks Monty

Hi Perry, Yes, you can attach feeders to your stock rails. I do. Go to my website and check out wiring your favorite turnout. https://wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm Allan Gartner Wiring for DCC

I always put feeders on the stock rails of turnouts (Code 55 N-scale, either Atlas or FastTracks). I prefer not soldering rail joiners, but your mileage may vary, and there are always special

Solder a wire connecting each closure rail to the adjacent left and right stock rail (This assumes an isolated frog.) Best practice is that each unbroken section of rail should have a feeder. John

Not dumb, but just requires a choice. Feeders to the stock rails or just solder the stock rails to the flex track (or whatever). ....Tom

This my be a dumb question. I am putting feeders on every section of track. Can I I also put feeders on stock rails of my turnouts? Perry

Blair, 👍 Bill D

Bill D... you said... “In my case the fixed segments are several feet long, but not the length of my longest train; however the AR-switched segments are comfortably longer than the longest train.

I stand corrected, Wouter - sort of. In the case you outline, you are correct, Wouter - if we presume that the 1st AR was preconditioned by a previous section that is in the same phase