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To DPDT or not DPDT
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To DPDT or not DPDT

The layout I've been working on will have 4 separate powered sections: three loops and a Yard section in the middle. I've got two loops made up with points on one side, and I've used insulating joiners on the points.

With my model train controller: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/128105933808?_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851 (Mine is green). However, when I switch lines, I obviously need both lines to get power. When my locos pass over the joiners, they're getting power from both routes and act as if I've turned the dial up until it fully passes onto the other line. Would "DPDT" switches fix this? If not, how (In "DC") would you fix this?

On the controller itself, according to the maker, "Rin", it's an "AMPERAGE" controller, not a "Voltage: controller. It uses "PWM" circuit boards.

I'm no expert on this sort of stuff, so the controller might not make a difference, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

Cheers - Ben

u/Dockersfan29 — 5 days ago
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Would love some feedback on my layout

I'm building my first layout and would appreciate some feedback/advice. The first pic is the current design; the second is what I had before, and the 3rd is one without the extra sidings (we have some flexi track to fix any "holes" in the layout).

This is all going to be Peco code 80 track, although if there are other manufacturers that would fit the Peco track I already have, I'll consider it.

I'm working with 4 ft x 3 ft (121.92cm x 91.44cm). I'm using DC only; the plan is 4 powered sections, one for each loop, then 1 for the "yard". I'd love to know if there are any changes I should/could make, the best way to power it, using DPDT, etc.

I'm leaving room for a station for the outside loop, which is 3rd radius. I'll use that for express passenger and larger freight locos, with the 2nd loop for smaller freight and passenger locos and the innermost loop and "yard" in particular will be for shunting work.

u/Dockersfan29 — 19 days ago
▲ 6 r/Catbehavior

Cat no longer sleeps in parents room

So my stepdad had surgery to remove his gallbladder a week or so ago, and since then our cat(Who's 17 or so) won't sleep in their room anymore; he actively won't stay in there.

What's weirder still is: he will lie on my stepdad's stomach like normal, just not in that room. Now I know cats sleep in multiple positions, but most of the time and particularly at night, he'd sleep in their room; now he mostly sleeps in mine.

To add some extra context, the night my stepdad went to the hospital, he stayed in their room on his side of the bed. In the past, when they've gone away for a few days or even weeks, the cat would come and sleep with me if not sleep in their room by himself, then after a day or so come and sleep with me. But as soon as they'd get back, he'd sleep back in their room with them. He also has a cat bed in the window that he'd sleep on wrapped in a towel. Mum shook some of the excess fur off it not long before my stepdad's surgery, and he stopped going on it.

He's a funny cat; he doesn't like to be held for too long unless he's being held around multiple people that he feels safe around, or I'm holding him in front of the bathroom mirror; then he'll stay and purr.

It would be better if he stayed in with them at night, as I sleep with my door closed. Will he go back there?

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u/Dockersfan29 — 4 months ago
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Cat no longer sleeps in parents room

So my stepdad had surgery to remove his gallbladder a week or so ago, and since then our cat(Who's 17 or so) won't sleep in their room anymore; he actively won't stay in there.

What's weirder still is: he will lie on my stepdad's stomach like normal, just not in that room. Now I know cats sleep in multiple positions, but most of the time and particularly at night, he'd sleep in their room; now he mostly sleeps in mine.

To add some extra context, the night my stepdad went to the hospital, he stayed in their room on his side of the bed. In the past, when they've gone away for a few days or even weeks, the cat would come and sleep with me if not sleep in their room by himself, then after a day or so come and sleep with me. But as soon as they'd get back, he'd sleep back in their room with them. He also has a cat bed in the window that he'd sleep on wrapped in a towel. Mum shook some of the excess fur off it not long before my stepdad's surgery, and he stopped going on it.

He's a funny cat; he doesn't like to be held for too long unless he's being held around multiple people that he feels safe around, or I'm holding him in front of the bathroom mirror; then he'll stay and purr.

It would be better if he stayed in with them at night, as I sleep with my door closed. Will he go back there?

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u/Dockersfan29 — 4 months ago