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Geezer
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milocomarty
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Geezer
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desertdrover
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 Posted - 05/21/2012 : 1:51:44 PM
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Hi Bill, I trust you have your PM42 instructions.
Anyway, this is how I wired mine. I have three zones and one reversing section.
Then I mounted it onto a piece of plywood under the layout. 
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 Louis
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milocomarty
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desertdrover
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Posted - 05/21/2012 : 3:13:06 PM
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Originally posted by milocomarty
You're welcome Bill, pleasure to scoop it somewhere of the net..
Incase you are lookinng for it again Martin, you found it here; http://piedmontdivision.rymocs.com/Photosqtr06.html |
Louis
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Geezer
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desertdrover
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Posted - 05/21/2012 : 6:45:50 PM
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Originally posted by Geezer
Thanks Lou....wealth of info there...neat wiring too!!!
I will likely just power the unit with a wall wart and
skip the transformer, unless there is some really
great benefit by using one.....
Thanks Bill. Your wall wart will work just fine for sure, the transformer I used is just me being me. |
Louis
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Geezer
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Tommatthews
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Posted - 05/23/2012 : 10:27:16 AM
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Bill,
Having power districts is well worth the effort. Saves a lot of time trouble shooting bad track power connections, dirty track, dirty wheels, grumpy locomotives, etc. |
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desertdrover
Engineer
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Posted - 05/23/2012 : 9:09:00 PM
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Originally posted by Geezer
UM....Do I hafta make the wiring that neat???? LOL!
Jut kidding...I will post porogress this weekend...
You don't have to be that anal about the wiring,
but, when I first started my layout the wires were run like a Spaghetti dish untill I had to trace a wire from one point to the other. I pulled out my hair a strand at a time.
After changing the wiring I can now find where things go at a glance. [:-bigeyes] |
Louis
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Geezer
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Geezer
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Tommatthews
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Posted - 06/02/2012 : 2:54:53 PM
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You must rewire the whole thing .... [:-paperbag]
Not really ... just cut a section of the buss making a power district. Wire the district to the pm42. |
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desertdrover
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Posted - 06/02/2012 : 3:57:43 PM
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| If I think I know what you are asking, you just have to make it to where each track section is insulated for each zone. And, all the bus drops from the track are within that zone. I hope I made sense :-) |
Louis
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Geezer
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Posted - 06/03/2012 : 7:11:31 PM
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Thanks Guys!!!! I have 3 new protected districts, and one saved back for the future if need be.
I have tested everything and can say I would have never found the short without the PM-42.
Problem showed up when I cut for the 2nd distr8ict. The tortoise at the top of my switchback
was reverse wired to the A & B track....dunno how it didnt short out before. Anyway, I will
replace it with a servo, which I think are more reliable and only 2 wire hookuop!
Thanks again!
Now to clean off the work bench and start something else....LOL!!!! |
Bill
CC&BW
Wilani Lumber & Mining Co.
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34275&whichpage=58
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