hobby frustration sometimes worth it

[baron9]

 Just to clarify a few things. My post was meant to pass on some information that might be helpful to some of us who would be interested.  First of all can RTpoteet tell me what costs 2/2.99? and what would it be used for? I purchased the Switch8  to be used with my NCE troddle and it controls 8 tortoise switch machines. It gives me freedom to walk around my layout and not be in one place anymore at my control panel.{which is also gone} As far as the price why should you care how much I spend on MY hobby?  I don't think that I was taken advantage by my local hobby shop at all. I have done business with them for many years and have all the confidence in them. Maybe you should concentrate on your own layout and keep your ill advised comments to yourself.

[mearrin69]

Call it as you will, mearrin69; I am neither rude nor savage. I do tend to be maybe a little outspoken sometimes.

Well, maybe I just mistook the old 'I've got a bridge in Jersey I'll sell you. Cheap.' line as a snide way of calling the OP naive. Probably just cultural: where I'm from that's rude but maybe it's not in your neck of the woods. No harm done, though. Cheers.

Edit: Sorry, bro. Didn't mean to get your thread edited down by starting something. Lost the bit of my post that was on-topic too I guess. Basically: It's cool when you find an unexpected solution or a new way of doing things. Thanks for sharing.

[R. T. POTEET]

Whatever!!!

[rxanand]

I myself use the Wabbit since you can use push button switches in addition to computer commands. But overall, I agree with you. Its so much easier to use digital control of Tortoise motors with the new decoders that are available nowadays.

[BlueHillsCPR]

Very interesting...

http://www.ncedcc.com/switch_8.pdf 

[baron9]

  After modeling for many years in HO and going through many layouts of different shapes and sizes  I finally met my match last week. My layout has 31 swithces all controlled by Tortiose switch machines and controlled by SPDP toggle switches. Last week during an operating session,I went to throw a switch,nothing happened,I checked the wire to the switch and everything was OK. I then tried another and nothing.None of the 31 switch machines worked. So off to my local hobby store where I picked his brain. He told me that there was a short somewhere within the toggle switches and he said good luck trying to find it. Lucky me. He then told me about a fairly new product called Switch8 from NCE corp. This will control 8 tortoise switch machines using the existing wire to the switch machine and runs off track power. I told him I would try one,took it home and had 8 switch machines up and running in about 30 minutes. All controlled by my troddle. So I eliminated all of my toggle switches and now no more frustration, until the next thing pops up. I guess that is just part of the hobby,we take the good with the bad. We never give up no matter how frustrating the hobby can get at times. Thank you for new technology.