More than you may want to know but the message is that the switching capacity of a simple rotary may be only 0.25 or 0.5 amps, but once closed the contacts can take several amps. Might be a slight

You can find almost any amp rating you need for a rotary switch at any good electronics parts store. Mine have been in service for over ten years and they have been perfectly reliable in all those

Advisable? Yes. At least add the isolating gaps to do so. A toggle switch per track is the easy way. Most rotary switches don't have the amp rating for track power and may become unreliable.

I’ve seen it done with both toggles and rotatory switches. I used power routing switches on my 4 track staging, but one track is always powered. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Bob, We have an 8-track staging yard, and simply built a panel with 8 DPDT switches and brought a buss from the switches that runs under each track to provide connection to drops. An LED installed on

Bob, for every track (or group of tracks), isolate one rail on both ends of the track you want to control; insert a SPST switch in series with the isolated track(s) and the proper bus leg for that

I have basically have the same set-up and wanted to have the same control on each of the tracks. I am very happy with my decision to use a multiple position rotary switch for this. I have 12 tracks

I have two 8 track staging yards at either end of my point to point layout. The main line run between the 2 yards is approximately 90 to 100 feet. Each staging yard is its own block and the main line

I have two 8-track staging yards on my layout, one at each of the point to point mainline of about 100 feet in length. Each staging yard is its own power block. I would like to be able to turn the

Should only take 2 presses of F6 to return from "disconnect" mode. You do NOT have to press them quickly, but two F6 within one second is fine. By the way, pressing F9 twice is what puts it into

Thank you and take care, John

Wil, There's a way to disable this 'feature' via CVs For steam, change the CVs in order listed below CV49=11 CV50=0 CV53=215 For diesel, change the CVs in order listed

Thanks for the recommendation to try F6. I selected it 4 times and the decoder now works normally. I really appreciate the tip. Wil

Wil, The QSI decoder manual for steam locos is online and downloadable. Just Google "QSI decoder manual" and it's among the first entries. Regards, Mitch Mercante

Thanks for the suggestions. He has the abbreviated manual that came with the engine, but it offered no help. I will try F6. After I posted my question, being impatient, I decided to try applying

A friend of mine reported the same situation with his BLI, B&O F7B engine which had a QSI Quantum decoder. Looking through the manual I missed the comment about the motor going into stand bye. I

You could also apply 3 volts with a series set of batteries. Not enough to hurt the bulb. ... Tom

I’d contact BLI. They should be able to supply a drawing for the engine and even offer advice. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

It may be stuck in its "disconnected" or its idle mode. I can't recall what function button it's on... hopefully he still has the manual that will tell him what to try. Craig Zeni Cary, NC Despatched

My friend has an early BLI PRR M1 that has a QSI decoder. I am unable to read the decoder, we have tried resetting the decoder with no luck. All it will do is sit on the track and make idle steam