SC-2 SWITCH CONTROLER

[SD-40T-2]

HOW MANY OF THE SC-2 SWITCH CONTROLER  DO I NEED  WHEN  HAVING  7-8  SWITCHES  CAN ANY ONE SEND ME IMFO IS THERE ANY BOOKS ON WIRING YOUR SWITCHES

[Buckeye Riveter]

A Lionel SC-2 can programmed to run 8 switches. The complete instruction book can be found at Lionel's website along with hundreds of other instruction books for free.

[chuck]

An SC-2 has 6 terminal blocks and can support 4 switches and 4 accessories or 6 switches or 6 accessories, max current capacity is 15 amps.  If you want to control 8 switches independantly, you would need 2 SC-2's.   If some of the switches are ganaged (aka for crossovers) you m ight get by with one.

[Buckeye Riveter]

An SC-2 has 6 terminal blocks and can support 4 switches and 4 accessories or 6 switches or 6 accessories, max current capacity is 15 amps.  If you want to control 8 switches independantly, you would need 2 SC-2's.   If some of the switches are ganaged (aka for crossovers) you m ight get by with one.

My mistake, Thanks Chuck.  I have one SC-2 that runs 6 switches and two more that run both switches and accessories.

[luther_stanton]

My set up is very similar to Buckeye's.  I have two SC-2s - each drives 4 switches.  The other two terminals (per SC-2) drives accessories.

 The SC-2s seemed a bit confusing at first - based on Lionel catalog literature.  I realized after I got one and read through the documentation they are very versatile.

When driving four switches off of terminals 1 - 4 (I am using Atlas switches) I can use switch 1 to power the SC2 so there is no need to have external power for the SC2 unit itself.  However, I recall reading something about an issue with FastTrack remote switches that will not allow you to drive the remote switches from the first block.  I do not know if this was every addressed or not.