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The two outside lands (solder areas) are the power connectors. The other 6 lands are the two double pole switches used for what ever you need. The switches can control lights, frog power, etc. Each Tortise draws about 20 milliamps maximum (.020 amps). So you can use a single power source up to 12 vdc to handle all of your Tortise machines. A one Amp power source can easily support 40 Tortise machines. The instruction sheet that comes with each Tortise clearly shows how to connect the machines, including the use of LED's in series with each Tortise.
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