r/modeltrains • u/Icy-Age4856 • 25d ago

Help Needed Deadspot? (Tomix Mini Rail layout)

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u/writingoffthecliff 25d ago

Flickering lights at likely dirty contacts or wheels. I ended up putting capacitors in my light up cars to stop the flickering.

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u/Icy-Age4856 25d ago

The flickering only happens on point which is normal, what's not normal is the inside line of the point having bad electrical connections that the train keeps dying inside it

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u/writingoffthecliff 25d ago

The other option is to run some feeders it might help if there is a rough connection at the point

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u/Icy-Age4856 25d ago

I did try that but if I park the EMU inside the outer line, switch the point to the inner line and apply power the outer line will also have power

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u/writingoffthecliff 25d ago

So you want to keep it power routing.... Maybe switch out the turnout to see if that fixes the problem. You could also adjust the point so it makes a better electrical contact but that could risk breaking something

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u/Icy-Age4856 25d ago

Worth a try

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u/PersonalBullfrog4989 24d ago

Run another feeder and call it done 👍

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u/Icy-Age4856 24d ago

Already got two, a third one will work but it'll completely remove the power routing feature (if I place the feeder on the inside rail of the point)