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Out N About - N Gauge - Help! & VLOG 4


Knuckles

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Hello, below is the 4th video entry.

 

However I could really do with some help. I'm a bit of an electrical biff.

 

I'm reading a load of books and am understanding bits but I have two hurdles.

 

1) I'm modifying Peco code 55 (and maybe some 80) points to be more reliable/DCC friendly/Electrically like a hand built point. I have been doing the mods fine but how to wire them to Seep PM1's with the polarity switch is awkward.

 

All the online diagrams don't seem to make much sense to me plus they conflict on opinion.

 

Also I am attempting to wire this layout in DC with section/isolating switches but I in some areas also want to use a power bus so I don't have to re-route everything so far and also more importantly because I plan to convert this layout to DCC....just not yet. I'm trying to wire it to accept both.

 

I know a DCC bus is not 100% needed in all cades as you can just switch all the isolators on but I used a 'bus on my P4 layout (that is still slowly being built) and I found the woring easy enough.

 

If you could help with the Seep wiring I'd be grateful. I'm using Gaugemaster A5H Momentary contact spring back to centre switches.

 

2)

 

The following plan is how I think I should go about wiring the track (not points) at the very bare minimum, I can always add extra feeds later if needed. I am not bothered about making ALL track live all the time for DCC but I can do that with isolated feeds I'm hoping.

 

Could you please have a look and add correctives?

 

The green track I plan to have as a section so I can turn it on or off and have it powered by the far left track feed above the curved insulated point, thought being a train can stop here on a signal while the station is being shunted as I have no room for a headshunt.

 

I'm also unsure whether to use two DC track controllers or 3 so I can do a bit of limited station movements while the main lines are spinning hence the track feed by the 3 way point.

 

All the points with a blue background are Peco code 55 modified to be like hand built points and to be Seep motor/polarity connected. All the other points are code 80 insulfrog points. Unsure whether to mod these either. I've got the track packing heights sorted.

 

I'm also unsure whether to fix the track in place and drill all dropper/point motor holes and then build a panel to route things to or what.

 

 

 


If you could help that'd be awesome as I'm a bit stuck how to progress.

 

Here's the vid but I really need the electrical help if possible. Below the vid is a diagram of my initial wiring idea. Yellow rectangle is double insulated fishplates, red and blue triangles are permanent track feeds and yellow and black triangles are isolated track feeds so I can switch them to dead or live.

 

 

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