I'm trying to add a remote turnout item #44562 to my DCC powered simple loop Christmas train set.
Problem #1; the power connection for the remote switch has spade lugs that go on a small post, and there are no such posts on a DCC controller! Nothing on the package addresses this, and a call today to Bachmann was not returned. The package shows the lugs being connected to an older style analog controller. There is 16VAC on the flat lugs on the open side of the power/rerailer track piece (which comes from the DCC), and is there an adapter that would connect the post lugs from the switch to the flat lugs on the power/rerailer/ track piece? Or do I need to also have an older style analog controller to power the remote switch? Or do I need to purchase a 16VAC transformer, and wire it to the lugs on the remote switch? This issue must have come up to many hobbyists before, and yet I don't see the answer in the forums.
Problem #2; A car will derail when going either direction when traveling down the curved section of the cutout track piece. I am able to stop this by putting a piece of tape in a little slot on the track, which keeps the switching section firmly in place. It seems the little spring pressure that is in the mechanism, isn't enough to hold the switching section in place.
Problem #3; I can temporarily connect the lugs mentioned in problem #1 to the 16VAC on the open lugs of the power/rerailer track section. So the switch has power. However when following the direction on the package to push the switch down and then move over, the remote cutout track piece switching section does nothing. It does not move in either direction.
I have an Associate Degree in Electronics Technology with Honors, and have been an aircraft instrument technician for over 20 years. I am very familiar with DC/AC electronics, soldering, switches, etc. In my experiences with Bachmann products there is regularly a piece of information or physical hardware missing, to prevent operation of their product.
It should be very simple to snap in this piece of track, hook up the wires, and go. Any information you have why it isn't happening will be greatly appreciated.
Daniel Lee
Problem #1; the power connection for the remote switch has spade lugs that go on a small post, and there are no such posts on a DCC controller! Nothing on the package addresses this, and a call today to Bachmann was not returned. The package shows the lugs being connected to an older style analog controller. There is 16VAC on the flat lugs on the open side of the power/rerailer track piece (which comes from the DCC), and is there an adapter that would connect the post lugs from the switch to the flat lugs on the power/rerailer/ track piece? Or do I need to also have an older style analog controller to power the remote switch? Or do I need to purchase a 16VAC transformer, and wire it to the lugs on the remote switch? This issue must have come up to many hobbyists before, and yet I don't see the answer in the forums.
Problem #2; A car will derail when going either direction when traveling down the curved section of the cutout track piece. I am able to stop this by putting a piece of tape in a little slot on the track, which keeps the switching section firmly in place. It seems the little spring pressure that is in the mechanism, isn't enough to hold the switching section in place.
Problem #3; I can temporarily connect the lugs mentioned in problem #1 to the 16VAC on the open lugs of the power/rerailer track section. So the switch has power. However when following the direction on the package to push the switch down and then move over, the remote cutout track piece switching section does nothing. It does not move in either direction.
I have an Associate Degree in Electronics Technology with Honors, and have been an aircraft instrument technician for over 20 years. I am very familiar with DC/AC electronics, soldering, switches, etc. In my experiences with Bachmann products there is regularly a piece of information or physical hardware missing, to prevent operation of their product.
It should be very simple to snap in this piece of track, hook up the wires, and go. Any information you have why it isn't happening will be greatly appreciated.
Daniel Lee