The photo shows the turnout motor
attached to the bottom of a Peco turnout. This is a twin coil turnout
motor designed to work with all HO- and N-scale turnouts. It has two
wire connections for each direction. The illustration to the right shows
how to wire it. |
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The coils have a resistance of only
4.7-ohms, so they draw too much current for a DS54 to control directly.
A capacitive discharge unit can be used to supplement the DS54's power.
Or you could use a pair of SPST relays, which the DS54 can control,
to feed power to the switch machine.
Mounting the motor on the bottom of the turnout as shown above requires
a rectangular hole 1.5" wide by 1" long cut in your roadbed
to accept the motor. If you need to mount it below the roadbed, order
the PL10E. The motor
can also be mounted on top of the layout with the use of the
PL12 Adapter Base. Notice the pin sticking out the bottom. That's
there to operate a variety of auxiliary contacts. |
