Ground issue with a Ross Switch....

Here is the Ross webpage for technical information. You click on the switch you are working with.

http://rossswitches.com/Technical.aspx

You can also email Steve Ross at
steve@rossswitches.com

with any questions. He has helped me several times.

I have attached just one switch's technical information from this site so you can see what is available.

Thanks Med....I will pass this info along.

The points or the frog? The points are the hinged rails that move. They dont need electrical connections. The frog (the part where the rails merge in an 'X')  is aluminum on older ross switches and is also typically left electrically dead. The new Ross switches uses a delrin frog. The closure rails (the rails between the points and the frog), should be insulated from the frog, and should also be electrically dead, since the pickup roller has to cross over one of them as the train passes. If you've wired up the closure rails, thats your short circuit. The center rails should all be tied together, and the outermost 2 rails (that dont pass through the frog) should be wired together. Thats all you need for the switch to run.

If you have an exceptionally long switch, #6 or longer, then you need to use a relay as detailed above to energize the closure rails in the direction the switch is thrown (posted above).

Thanks Boilermaker1.....I will pass the info along.