Advice on Insulated rail joiners

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Thomard1
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I am new to all this and not very electrically minded. I need help on if/where to insert IRJ’s on a basic Hornby double track and siding,with points on all tracks. The power supply is via a Gaugemster type D double controller.

I have plastic rail joiners if I need to use them. Can someone advise ( via a simple diagram) , if possible,where they would need to be placed. Any help would be great. Thanks.
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Theoretically you shouldn't normally need any IRJs with Hornby points as they are self isolating "dead frog" points but you are best to fit 2 IRJs between the two points that join the inner loop to the outer loop to prevent interaction between the controllers connected to the two loops.

The 2 IRJs are marked in pink.

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Thank you.
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Top marks for the simple diagram. :geek:
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