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I'm completely flummoxed! I installed the new relays, even can see their points opening and closing as it's supposed to, but the power to the track is staying on. Somehow, something is back feeding voltage into these circuits. I ran out of time working with it today, but was completely unhappy with the results. I am almost certain that this circuitry worked correctly when I first assembled it, but I can't be sure. Tomorrow I'll keep at it. I really don't like running this railroad without that disconnect interlock working. I've had too many close calls and one engine going over the edge to run without protection. I must be missing something very obvious. When I measured the two NO contacts on the relay base (no relay in place) and had continuity when the wires were connected to either end. The wires were making a circuit from the outside in. I need to think about this some more.

On another unrelated front, we received our new Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. We had a 35 year-old Eames knockoff from a defunct company, Plycraft. We had it recovered 3 years ago, and I had to get the tilt mechanism welded when it developed fatigue crack that extended 270 degrees around the base plate. But it was finally too uncomfortable to sit on and as a Father's Day, etc. present we ordered a real Herman Miller Eames when they went on sale in May.

HM has been manufacturing this chair since its original design by famous industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames. Eames designed this molded plywood icon in 1949, and it was adopted by HM in 1956. It's in many modern art museums in the USA and it's seen on many TV shows and fines homes. The chair is still hand built in Holland, Michigan. At our age, my parents had long since stopped investing in new things especially furniture. My wife and I are not at that stage in our life and find new things keep you young.

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Rather than dump the old chair, we moved it downstairs to the shop so my wife will have a "better" chair to sit in when we have to go downstairs during tornado drills. I have my reasonable old desk chair that sits at my workbench, but my spouse only had bad old folding chairs. Now that problem is solved. I'll keep it covered with a sheet so it won't be disgusting and covered with plaster and saw dust when we need to press it into use.

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