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Custom Atlas Switch Controllers

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Posted by zstripe on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:28 AM

DITTO,,, on the normally OPEN push button...

Frank

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Posted by CSX Robert on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:58 AM

ctrdyl

...and a normally closed SPST momentary pushbutton switch?..

The pushbutton has to be normally OPEN, not normally closed. 

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Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:53 AM

It could, electrically it's all the same. The way I described it, the center wire from the switch motor goes to one AC terminal, and the center terminal of the SPDT goes to the momentary button which goes to the other side of the AC supply. It would work either way.

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Posted by NP01 on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:27 AM

Sounds like you are trying to use two mom push buttons.

1. Connect one terminal of power supply to center connection of switch machine

2. Connect together one terminal each of both push buttons - to this connect the second terminal of power supply.

3. the other terminal of pushbutton A goes to one of the side terminals of the switch machine

4. Similarly the other terminal of pushbutton B goes to the other side terminal of switch machine.

Does this help?

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Posted by ctrdyl on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:46 PM

Does the momentary pushbutton connect the other AC side of the transformer to the center wire? Just wanted to make sure.

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:16 PM

Almost exactly like the stock pushbuttons. One side of the power supply goes to the center wire of the 3 wire cable that goes to the switch machine. The two outer wires hook to the outer terminals of the SPDT. The momentray pushbutton connects between the center terminal of the SPDT and the other side of the power supply. Flip toggle, push button to operate switch machine.

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Custom Atlas Switch Controllers
Posted by ctrdyl on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:49 PM

does anyone know how exactly to wire an atlas n scale switch machine with a SPDT switch and a normally closed SPST momentary pushbutton switch?  

Thanks,

Carter 

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