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How many gragraves swithes can be controlled in parrallel ??

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How many gragraves swithes can be controlled in parrallel ??
Posted by Southwest Limited on Monday, December 21, 2015 6:54 PM

I am going to build two loops (upper and lower) and a one turn helix. 
The helix is going to have two tracks and therefore four gargrave swithces (dz10000).  The switches will be set to run to seperate loops or all sitched to run the helix and each loop.   Will four gargrave switches with machies wired in parrellel cause any power problems with machines or the controller.

Thanks  John

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Posted by phillyreading on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 5:16 PM

You should not have a problem with wiring them in parallel off the power source, but I have not wired any switches in parallel throw(throwing at the same time) capacity if that is what you are getting at.

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Posted by Southwest Limited on Monday, December 28, 2015 10:07 AM

phillyreading --- Thank you for your response.  Yes, I am going to throw all four swithes with one controller.  Just wanted to make sure it would not cause a problem with the controller, wiring, or the switch machines.  The train will either take the helix or by-pass it.

Thanks John

 

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