@Raven87 posted:My 072 Fasttrack switch is not showing the indicator lit and only has power on the upstream side. The switch is going to a dead end siding that does not have power on both sides of the switch. I had an older switch in there with a manual remote controller but that was not able to be controlled with the Legacy handheld but it worked fine. So I put this one in (that does not have the manual remote controller on it but is controlled via the Legacy controller) from another location on the layout. Now there is only power on one side of it and no light etc. What am I missing?
Again my experience is specifically the 072 switches (I got 9 of them from a dealer last year new in the box with these problems) #1 the aux power, track, and ground terminal were not matching the label. This could either cause the user to connect aux power to backfeed the track or short to ground. Next, the known folded tab issues can easily prevent power from going in one end of the switch and reliably coming out any of the other ends. The terminals internally shorting to the switch metal cover usually happens after the switch is screwed down into the table and then possibly when a heavy engine rides on the switch causing it to throw randomly or other issues.
But the power issue certainly seems in line with either the aux power in to track jumper or wiring, and the known folded tabs weakness of the design.
