Hi Bob;

"Make before break" means you "make" the second electrical connection "before" 
"breaking" the first connection. Not a problem if the polarity is the same, but 
clearly an issue when powering switch points.

Pieter E. Roos


--- On Wed, 6/8/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote:

<SNIP>
> there is a problem that is called 
> "make before break" that pretty much effects only DCC
> systems because of 
> the quick acting circuit breakers. 
 <SNIP>
> So I'm not sure what the term actually refers to, but in my
> case it 
> certainly started out unfriendly!  But like anything
> else in our hobby 
> there are solutions!
> 
> Bob Werre
> PhotoTraxx.com



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