does anyone here know how to wire a momentary on-off-on toggle switch to an atlas turnout machine? and if so and if its possible, do you have a diagram.
Hi T,
Gon's sorted it for you, me, I'd still put a CDU (capacity discharge unit) between the power pack and any switches just in case you've got a lazy solenoid.
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awesome!
thanks! so what do i do when i want to wire multiple switches, only using one or two power sources?
You can tap into the + _ wires ( about 10 machines ) and add more toggles and switch machines just dont over load the power sorce. If the machines begin to act sluggish you have too many on that supply, they should be fine as long as your only using 2 machines at a time. If your doing a route system ( Using one toggle to move more than 2 machines at a time ) with them you will have to add another power supply and keep moving around the layout, Jim.
Any 16V x 1amp transformer with power the CDU, just wire up the feeds to the switches and returns to one side of the solenoide windings.
Remember 1 switch can work a pair of points that are coupled together.
ok. i have a 16-18v transformer. ill just run some wires from it and tap in as needed. thanks!
There is a different way. LIONS always do things differently, mostly cause they are CHEAP. And if you have say 20 switches, that is (doing things your way) 40 to 60 wires to run between the control panel and the layout.
LION uses a common return (a bear wire) all around the layout.
This is the LION diagram for momentary turnouts with ONE WIRE.
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Hey Lion! Great idea I'll bet that would work for Tortoise machines as well. Might have to try it. Jim
As far as a tortoise, all you have to do is replace the momentary switch with an ON-ON toggle switch. LION gets no credit for that, as it is printed on the Tortoise instruction sheet. Here are the LIONS wiring specs.
And here is the simple diagram similar to the one posted above, it takes the place of the AUX diagram in this sequence of drawings:
AS YOU CAN SEE, the LION grounds his common return to the building grounding system. It is not just "common" it is GROUNDED, as it really must be if you are using it for many things, as stray voltages on this wire can cause strange behaviors. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when you connect any wire directly from the layout to your building receptacle. Otherwise, skip the grounding to the mains and ground it to a near by water pipe instead (assuming that your building still uses metal water pipes).
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What has woked for me is to rum wires from both the positive and negative terminals of the power supply to two separate terminal strips as pictured, except I used longer ones
Using the above "yoke" the entire strip can be powered. From these strips you can power as many turnouts as you like.
EDIT Actually I wired the + wire from the power supply to a CDU and from there to the terminal strip.
Bob
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Terminal Strips cost MONEY. Nails and Bus wires are FREE.
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