Electrofrog in 45mm

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:26 pm

This probably just requires a simple yes / no answer.

Is electrofrog vs insufrog points even an issue when it comes to 45mm gauge track?

I'm coming from a N-Gauge indoor background where it most certainty makes a difference when running at scale speeds.

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:10 pm

Are you running DCC?

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:22 pm

yes i'm running it indoors n-gauge at present and plan to use it in the garden as well.

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:37 pm

Go for Electrofrog then as lights/sound will not cut out.

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:42 pm

Do you know of any other manufacturers other than Peco - looking for some curved points to allow me to acheive this plan.

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:51 pm

....or look at decoders with 'stay alive' if such a thing exists for G Scale

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:55 pm

The radius you appear to be trying to achieve in your plan is more a set track style, you cannot get set track electrofrog OO/N points let alone larger scales ones.

Have you tried Cliff though for point components?

http://www.cliffbarker.talktalk.net/index.html

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:00 pm

That plan is using (Piko R3) 920mm to (Piko R5) 1240mm radius curves - what would you suggest as a minimum?

I took the Piko quoted minimum for their rolling stock of 600mm (R1) and went with their R3 & R5 curves so i wasn't at minimum.

R5 straight points
R3-R5 curved points

Post by **ge_rik** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:25 pm

stevenfitch:110534 wrote:....or look at decoders with 'stay alive' if such a thing exists for G Scale

Massoth do a power buffer at around £25 which can be used with their decoders (and LGB's) to take the loco over dead spots
http://www.massoth.com/en/produkte/8151001.en.php

Alternatively, you can make your own for around £2.50

http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... ffers.html

Rik

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Fri May 01, 2015 12:04 am

ge_rik:110537 wrote:
stevenfitch:110534 wrote:....or look at decoders with 'stay alive' if such a thing exists for G Scale
Massoth do a power buffer at around £25 which can be used with their decoders (and LGB's) to take the loco over dead spots
http://www.massoth.com/en/produkte/8151001.en.php

Alternatively, you can make your own for around £2.50

http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... ffers.html

Rik

Ahh brilliant!!!

The self assembly option is going to be the way forward for me i think, and i'll add some sort of on/off switch to allow programming as suggested on Peckforton Light Railway blog. - running on DC wont be a requirement and i already disable that on all of my N Gauge stuff as a matter of course.

Post by **ge_rik** » Fri May 01, 2015 8:36 pm

Glad it's been helpful.

Rik

stevenfitch · Post by **stevenfitch** » Fri May 01, 2015 9:28 pm

ge_rik:110551 wrote:Glad it's been helpful.

Rik

Very helpful, just a quick question about the DIY stay alive device.

Will these work with pretty much any decoder, and that's why you have to disable the CV29, disconnect if you want to program etc?

Post by **ge_rik** » Fri May 01, 2015 10:54 pm

stevenfitch:110555 wrote: Very helpful, just a quick question about the DIY stay alive device.

Will these work with pretty much any decoder, and that's why you have to disable the CV29, disconnect if you want to program etc?

I've only experience of LGB and Massoth decoders (Massoth make LGB's (now Marklin) decoders so they are more or less identical).

It would work with any decoder which has + and GND terminals - from the Massoth Power Buffer product page it looks like that includes Zimo and Lenz - but as I say, I have no direct experience.

Rik

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