A friend of mine recently wrote to me as follows:
"I like the Electro-Frog. Here's why - you build the layout with nothing but metal insulators, except for the two connections to the points of the turnout...Use switch contacts ... to insure good power transfer to the moving rails.
If you build the layout like this, then, if somebody tries to run the turnout, the system shuts down with the short, rather than derailing the train - much more important in N than HO! If you use InsulFrog, then you can merrily run the turnout. We changed out three mainline turnouts on our Club layout, as folks kept running the Atlas (InsulFrog) turnouts.
Others ... including others here (See my post,'Peco or') say that Insulfrog is DCC ready.
Any other thoughts???
Thanks, Jack Wilson
"I like the Electro-Frog. Here's why - you build the layout with nothing but metal insulators, except for the two connections to the points of the turnout...Use switch contacts ... to insure good power transfer to the moving rails.
If you build the layout like this, then, if somebody tries to run the turnout, the system shuts down with the short, rather than derailing the train - much more important in N than HO! If you use InsulFrog, then you can merrily run the turnout. We changed out three mainline turnouts on our Club layout, as folks kept running the Atlas (InsulFrog) turnouts.
Others ... including others here (See my post,'Peco or') say that Insulfrog is DCC ready.
Any other thoughts???
Thanks, Jack Wilson