WIMorrison Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Spent the last couple of evenings hacking the layout around to introduce some new variety and finished laying the track last night. It had dried by lunchtime today and in spare moment I switched it on to get a dead short Checked everything l, disconnected feedback modules, disconnected auto reversers but no luck, still shorting - so I left it until I felt like looking at it. I went into the room 10 mins ago to get a pair of pliers and I noticed a loco sat over a point and when I had switched the layout on the point had changed back to default - causing a short circuit! Nothing wrong with the wiring, nothing wrong with the changes - just me being a total plonker! Iain 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s182ggu Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Congrats!! Welcome to the club! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 You are in probably a lot of company! I completed track laying on a DC layout many years ago, tried it out, only for the red button on the transformer to pop up every time, no matter what I checked, until I saw a tiny pair of pincers I had been using, lying across the track. Easily done......he says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2018 You should do a t shirt Iain, you'd sell hundreds! Mike. One for me please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted May 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2018 And me.... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Think I've got the Shirt somewhere, but I've had it so long, it doesn't fit me anymore. Pliers across the Track is my favourite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2018 You were lucky I accidentally put a short Y electrofrog in mine but for some reason I didn't think Peco did an electrofrog version of that ( don't ask me why!) more or less pulled all my wiring to bits until I found it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I did a similar thing when setting up the club layout for an exhibition once. I was placing the road vehicles and loose buildings and had left the container on the track. They were trying to test the layout and it took quite a while to realise it was the biscuit tin causing everything to short out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2018 One of my better moments was when putting a metal cased camera on the track to take a video of a passing train, and wondering why the damn thing wouldn't move, I got to the cause,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,eventually! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Is there anyone here who hasn't shorted out their layout by leaving a steel rule, pair of metal pliers, hammer or screwdriver across the tracks, then spending ages trying to find the cause? Raise your hand if you can honestly say you haven't. My hands are staying firmly down on this one. Edited May 8, 2018 by SRman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I used a metal joiner instead of a plastic one on an electrofrog point; As always, it took me a while to work it out ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Is there anyone here who hasn't shorted out their layout by leaving a steel rule, pair of metal pliers, hammer or screwdriver across the tracks, then spending ages trying to find the cause? Raise your hand if you can honestly say you haven't. My hands are staying firmly down on this one. Me. Okay I am lying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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