For what it's worth, here's a picture I reference frequently. On the bottom it shows which Tortoise contacts close depending on the throw direction (contacts from left #1 to #10).
Terry
Terry,
That is one very nice wiring diagram. It is really helpful to keep a set of wiring diagrams close by when working on the bench.
But, I am afraid that diagram is way to complicated for my feeble mind. I typically wire my Tortoises to control my turnouts and pairs of turnouts serving as crossovers as well as to control my signals. For this purpose, I keep a simple wiring diagram handy that I drew on Power Point. It shows wires from #1 and #8 back to my DPDT switch, #7 to my power source and #5 and #6 to my signal device.
Anything more complicated than that, and I am in trouble.
Thanks for sharing your wiring diagram.
Rich
Alton Junction
There are only eight contacts!
richhotrain,
Any chance you would share your diagram with the rest of us?
skagitrailbird richhotrain, Any chance you would share your diagram with the rest of us?
As I say, this is a pretty simplistic diagram, but it serves my purposes well:
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Thanks.
I seriously hope that was just a typo and your power supply is DC. What is drawn will NOT work with an AC power supply.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinker I seriously hope that was just a typo and your power supply is DC. What is drawn will NOT work with an AC power supply. --Randy
Randy,
Thanks for catching that. My power supply is DC, not AC. That is an old wiring diagram that I mislabeled and never caught.
This is my second posting blunder in the last 24 hours, so it is time for me to get a life.
Sorry, my earlier post of my simplified Tortoise wiring schematic was wrong in that I mistakenly indicated the power source as AC. It should have shown the power source as DC, as indicated in this corrected schematic: