Mark Boyce posted:So did everything work out good with the new small venue layout? Looks good.
Almost. The strategy for power feeds on a modular layout is "over-kill". We have a lot more than we really need. BUT it ensures no power problems around the layout.
On power-up, the outer loop was perfect. Despite all of the checks, there was a short on the inner loop. Long story short, I ended up disconnecting all 12 of the power feeds to the inner loop. As luck would have it, it was the last one. When we replaced a section of track with a broken pin, the feeder on that section was accidently reconnected backwards.
All the same, it cost 1/2 hour to fix. We were running in time for the show opening. The "fix" is to remove the offending section of track, swap the connections, and then swap the wiring underneath. We'll handle that on the next work day.
The other learning was that with the S curve, we have to run the inner loop clockwise. For now, if we try to run counter clockwise the train will pick the points on the switch in the middle of the curve.
