🔴DCC Friendly Turnouts

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Blocks, Track Insulators & DCC Friendly Turnouts.
How to check for proper electrical operation of your turnouts on your Model Railroad.

A commercial "DCC Friendly" turnout or switch is a turnout that is manufactured or wired for use with Digital Command Control. Commercial switches are often labelled DCC Friendly or For DC and DCC Use on the packaging.

The most obvious feature is the gaps that electrically separate the frog from the point rails. The frog is often unpowered. There may be additional gaps to prevent a short in the frog. Others may use a plastic frog, or a hybrid of metal rails and plastic.

The Ideal Turnout
The Ideal Turnout for use with Digital Command Control has the following features:

Points connected to nearest stock rail
Frog electrically isolated and powered by switch contacts (Metal frogs preferred)
All rails after the frog are powered
It is also important that the turnout is gauged properly using an NMRA gauge, as well as the wheelsets. Shorts between the stock and point rails are a source of problems.

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