Simond Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I think it would be part of the installation to ensure the both switched the same way. Doing anything else will prevent the layout working, and may actually cause the damage you’re trying to prevent. Once that’s done, the precise timing of switching is largely irrelevant, and it would be more reliable to have them in parallel. A principle in reliability/safety engineering is to avoid “single points of failure”, which this would do. But you’ve still got only one green wire.... Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Chris, have you considered using a frog juicer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 No comment.Oh! I dunno .... Frank N. Stein 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Where can I get those? Look great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Where can I get those? Look great. Chris, they are actually sold as wall light switches and called... Guess what ? Yep, Frankenstein Switches ! Buzz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Chris, they are actually sold as wall light switches and called... Guess what ? Yep, Frankenstein Switches ! Buzz Could squish Mark's frogs too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Anybody able to identify what type of van this is (company and diagram) please?: Date is August 1960. Location is Bodmin North. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2018 Looks like LNER Diagram 195, built from 1946 - 48 at Darlington and Faverdale (which is in Darlington). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 LNER, plywood, sliding door. Well, that's a start. (Paul beat me to it!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks both. I've found a Parkside kit in 00 but, unless I've missed it, not an equivalent in the 0 gauge range. Anyone know of an alternative? Like the look of it, quite distinctive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Chris, they are actually sold as wall light switches and called... Guess what ? Yep, Frankenstein Switches ! Buzz Frankenstein entered a body building competition, only to find he had seriously misunderstood the point... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks both. I've found a Parkside kit in 00 but, unless I've missed it, not an equivalent in the 0 gauge range. Anyone know of an alternative? Like the look of it, quite distinctive. scratch build, scratch build, scratch build... sorry I got carried away You could scratch build it. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Martyn, “No” (Relays have a coil like a solenoid but with a much higher impedance, so they draw very little current when on. This attracts a pole piece which operates the contacts like a switch. So they do have moving parts. You can buy solid state relays which are fancy transistors [sort of] and they don’t have moving parts but are more pricy. Microswitches have a neat spring arrangement which means they operate very suddenly & quickly when pushed far enough which tends to prevent arcing. You can sometimes feel it on ones with a lever) Best Simon Hi Simon, So the main difference between the relays and the micro switches is that the micro switch is operated though a lever or similar whereas a relay is operated through the voltage sent to the terminals? Regards, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 scratch build, scratch build, scratch build... sorry I got carried away You could scratch build it. Andy Sorry, too busy swearing at Tortoise mounting blocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Frankenstein entered a body building competition, only to find he had seriously misunderstood the point... Frankenstein entered a body.... oouhhoo... I never saw that version Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Inserting nuts up their bottoms... No frogs were juiced, micros switched, relays plonked or wipers bent in this production which, by the way, is DC and DCC compatible. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 scratch build, scratch build, scratch build... sorry I got carried away You could scratch build it. Andy Well volunteered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Well volunteered Very good of him I thought. Smashing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Very good of him I thought. Smashing. Hmmm maybe. Let me study the plan and the available parts from that 'aliian' railway company. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 All done. Hex nut, round hole, solvent, hammer, tighten up but & bolt whilst plastic hardens off. CD ended, vino finished, bedtime. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 22, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hmmm maybe. Let me study the plan and the available parts from that 'aliian' railway company. Andy Dead easy, done by next weekend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2018 Dead easy, done by next weekend? Yep, plywood = no scribing planks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Hi Simon, So the main difference between the relays and the micro switches is that the micro switch is operated though a lever or similar whereas a relay is operated through the voltage sent to the terminals? Regards, Martyn. Martyn “Yes” Simon Wikipedia is your friend !! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay Edited February 22, 2018 by Simond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Frankenstein entered a body.... oouhhoo... I never saw that version Andy Rocky Horror Show. Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted February 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yep, plywood = no scribing planks. Ive got the ply.. I've gone for 6mm, I thought the 10mm was over the top. The chap in B&Q was not happy to cut such relatively small pieces and he said he couldn't do the curved ends. Pahh, I've got a file, we'll be ok. There is quite a lot of the 8' x 4' sheet left over Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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