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Title: switches
Post by: Scuba on April 13, 2010, 08:55:16 AM
This was a gift from me for my kids (and me) to get us started in modal trains so I recently got into modal trains, I purchased a Model Power Army train set and the Bachmann's my first train track. I assembled it and the train goes around it fine, but it did not come with the wire or any connectors to put power to all 4 switches. When I hooked up any of the switches they will work one way but not the other, I have to manually switch it back to run the train on the other track.
Title: Re: switches
Post by: James Thomas on April 13, 2010, 09:12:15 AM

Check your wiring.  You likely don't have the centre wire connected to the right place.
-JRT
Title: Re: switches
Post by: buzz on April 18, 2010, 07:01:19 AM
Hi Scuba
Your switch  (points) will have three wires one is a common return the other two are your switching wires.
two wires come from your transformer one goes straight to the switch (point) motor common return.
The second wire goes to a momentary contact operating switch common feed.
From the operating switch you have two switching wires that go one to each side of the switch (point) motor.
Unfortunately I don't know what color code the manufacturer is using
so cannot be more specific.
make sure the operating switch you are using is designed for changing switches (Points).
I hope you can make sense out of this.
regards John