Taking It In the Shorts

Well, I got all 8 of my turnouts installed, ran my bus wires, soldered the feeders to each piece of track, and connected them with WAGO connectors.

So far, so good. I then ran my Loconet wiring to the DS74s and to a UP92 that I temporarily installed on a 1x2 at the corner of the layout. I placed my DS100 Command Station and power supply on a board on top of a box under the layout (temporary location) and hooked up Loconet, and I had connectivity and wireless control of my engines. Yeah!

So much for the good news. When I turned on the system, I got 4 beeps - an indication of a short.

So, I rechecked my wiring, and all was correct (I've only 2 wire colors in use at this time.) I checked the turnouts for shorts - nothing.

That began the process of removing turnouts until there were only 2 left and it was still shorting. I did note that I had forgotten to insulate the rails between the facing turnouts. So, I did that. No improvement. I removed all but one turnout and replaced the other turnouts with flex track. No shorts, and I could run an engine around the entire loop.

But I don't have a layout with only one turnout.

I then reinstalled a second, facing turnout so I could determine the problem. Even with all rails on both turnouts insulated, I couldn't go around the loop. I don't have a short unless I try to go through the second turnout. Going through the first turnout, the engine loses power until it gets past the turnout.

I'm asking for help from some local club members and hope they have some ideas as to how to resolve this. I'm stuck until I get it fixed.