bobby098

If you want simple wire it as per DC, if you want idling diesels and lit up brake vans in sidings go complicated

hi its dc   and you lost me   lol bob 

ok thanks very much ... cheers bob

   need help wiring electrofrog points,  electrics not my strong point  .. trying out oo gauge for once and building a small shunting layout ,  been told its best to use electrofrog points so the plan of the layout are in the pictures , all points are electrofrog  can you show me how to wire up to run a train ?do I need insulated rail joiners ?if so were to put them sorry for being a pain  cheers bob

well track lay and running well , control panal all working , now down to the scenic of the layout few pictures to show what I did    well please with the control panal as this was my first time at attempting one ,..    thanks for looking  b

Your Title's a bit off-putting, I hope it's just a spelling mistake?

lol yes spelling mistake  ....... 

well track and points all done ,made my own control panel     lol   all working ,try the train on it late this afternoon and it keeps de-railing at one point     not sure why ? I will have another go tomorrow then see what happens , very  frustrating ..... bob

hi , I had just started to build this layout , its 3ft x 2ft6 split scene , No particular era or area , base is build now doing track and point wireing thanks for the help  on here    few more point motors to do then I will take pictures of layout and start doing the scenics and buildings  ...hope some of you like  cheers bob  ....

hi thanks very much,  thats great my friend ...... cheers bob 

hi, only voltage I have is from  gaugemaster control    12or 16 v  and I want it to power the isolated section as well as the lights from the same switch ?   hope you understand .. lol   bob 

hi can anyone tell me how to wire up 2 led lights red/green  to a switch ... it for  when off it will light up red and when on it will show green  its to show on a  isolated section on a panel ,, hope you understand this  ...   pic would be great    cheers bob ps I am cxxp at electric  so make it easy ..... cheers bob 

hi I understand your drawing , its a lot of wiring but I can do that ,its just how to do a control panal ? with 9 dpdt switches plus 7 switches for point control ? it be bigger then the layout lol , I am only a newbie . cheers bob 

hi all,    well I started this little layout its 3ftx2ft6in its going to be a spilt scene , I have put the track down but not pin it down yet , the wiring side of it I am not to sure I would like to run two trains maybe 1 just shunting down the bottom while the other can just go around ? if you get what I mean ... pictures of layout ....    any help would be grateful  please  ..   cheers bob 

sorry too say this project is now abandoned due to heath reason. it was just to big ..  I am going to build a smaller layout 3ft x 2ft 6"
a two scene layout .. plans are already done and base is nearly there just waiting for a few things and hopefully I get going again .. I like to thank everyone who help me with the other layout....    again I be asking more silly question     lol   cheers bob

ok thanks everyone for your help ... and thanks  chimer  for the drawings a great help  ....  time to get started  cheers bob

NO not at all   my mistake and thanks   

hi chris yes i have now got it .. lol  .. thanks very much for all your trouble your a great help . I understand more by drawings then  just saying it in words .   electric is not my strong point well no point at all   lol cheers bob

cheers chris..  I understand the dpdt switches and how to wire them up thanks for that ,  but you have lost me on the third switch linked to the green section?and the edit bit  ?  cheers bob

hi chris and thanks you very much for your trouble , I understand the feed wires and the insulating rail joiners but not got a clue on wiring the double-pole double-throw (DPDT) switches. ? any chance of a diagram  electric not my strong point    cheers bob

Try posting it in the "Electrics (non-DCC)" forum??

 

Oh! I see you have!

yes sorry ... new to forum 

hi need help with the wiring,   just done a drawing of a layout that's going  in the shed,  picture below  all points are electric (peco Insulfrogs )  I like to run two trains , can anyone tell me or draw me picture where to put the wires to run 2 trains ? would I need drop wires to help with the power for the track ?  its going to be dc  , I know how to wire up the points its just the track I need help ..    cheers bob

hi need help with the wiring,   just done a drawing of a layout that's going  in the shed,  picture below  all points are electric (peco Insulfrogs )  I like to run two trains , can anyone tell me or draw me picture where to put the wires to run 2 trains ? would I need drop wires to help with the power for the track ?  its going to be dc  , I know how to wire up the points its just the track I need help .. sorry for this but this looks like  a very helpful forum     cheers bob