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Offline Brian Sprowell  
#1 Posted : 26 June 2011 07:57:17(UTC)
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Any suggestions about my central station going into overload. I have a new layout and when I turn on the central station it comes up with "Overload" any suggestions welcome, I am new to all this... Brian
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Offline mvd71  
#2 Posted : 26 June 2011 08:05:53(UTC)
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Any suggestions about my central station going into overload. I have a new layout and when I turn on the central station it comes up with "Overload" any suggestions welcome, I am new to all this... Brian


Sounds like you have a short circuit somewhere on the layout. Check for derailed trains or any mislaid track first.

Mike.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#3 Posted : 26 June 2011 08:30:40(UTC)
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And check for any metal bits such as screws laying across the track, which might be shorting the centre studded rail to one or both outside rails.

Which track type are you using?
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Offline Brian Sprowell  
#4 Posted : 26 June 2011 09:24:47(UTC)
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I'm using C track. I have checked the track for derailed trains etc and anything that might be lying across the track.

I will check again. Thanks for the help.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#5 Posted : 26 June 2011 10:21:06(UTC)
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Check your wiring as well to make sure there are no shorts. If your layout is large, you might need to break it up into sections, and test each section for a short with a multimeter, in order to isolate where the short is.
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Offline H0  
#6 Posted : 26 June 2011 10:27:19(UTC)
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Hi, Brian!
Originally Posted by: Brian Sprowell Go to Quoted Post
I have a new layout and when I turn on the central station it comes up with "Overload"

Did it ever work? If so, what have you changed since the last run?
If not, do you use more than 1 feeder track? Check if brown and red are consistent on all feeder tracks.
How many locos, trains, decoders (k83, k84 etc.) are connected? Every decoder will consume some current and a large number of decoders (50 through 100) could be enough to trigger the overload.

Disconnect all tracks from CS2 and turn it on.
Then connect a small section of straight track and test a single loco.
Then add more and more until the overload comes back.
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Offline steventrain  
#7 Posted : 26 June 2011 12:05:15(UTC)
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Hi Brian,

Welcome to the forum.
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Offline David Dewar  
#8 Posted : 26 June 2011 13:59:17(UTC)
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Tom has it right. Disconnect C track and work your way from the first feeder round the layout to see where the problem lies. It has been known that a faulty C track part has been the cause of a short.

dave
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Offline river6109  
#9 Posted : 26 June 2011 16:26:07(UTC)
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Welcome to the forum Brian.

As Dave has mentioned c-track can be the cause, have a look at the connection track and see if the 2 connection tips are bent., they may touch each other

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Offline Renato  
#10 Posted : 28 June 2011 16:51:06(UTC)
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Hi Brian,

And welcome to the Forum.

Cheers

Renato
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Offline Brian Sprowell  
#11 Posted : 28 June 2011 21:53:03(UTC)
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Thanks everbody, problem all solved, Regards, Brian
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Offline Drongo  
#12 Posted : 30 June 2011 13:40:10(UTC)
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Thanks everbody, problem all solved, Regards, Brian



Hi Brian,

I'm curious to know what the problem was - so could you give me a quick description of how you found and rectified the problem.

Greg
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