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@Teeg posted:

Thanks again for the replies.  Rob, I'm a bit electrically challenged; how do I use the insulated section to trigger a relay where the high current is switched?  Also, would connecting the insulated track lock-on to a transformer with a lower fixed voltage likely eliminate the arcing?

Pretend the relay is the track operated accessory(which, now it becomes), just run the train through and watch how the train now turns the relay on instead of the accessories.  Connect all of your accessory wires to one normally open contact of the relay instead of the track clip, the other contact to the "U" post(which is now substituting for the insulated rail).  The relay now provides the "U" outside rail connection to your accessories instead of the sparking rail.

@Teeg posted:

Also, would connecting the insulated track lock-on to a transformer with a lower fixed voltage likely eliminate the arcing?

It won't eliminate, just reduce in correlation to the reduction in current.

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