I'm 100% with you Bob N. I use slide switches as I said, but I keep them above the benchwork, draw the power from the nearest rail. Keep it simple and trouble free and spend a whole lot less time fussing around trying to make things work right, and a whole lot more time enjoying my hobby and running trains with my buds!
-John Le Forestier, Toronto Join the worldwide 100th Birthday John Allen Memorial (JAM) Breakfast on July 2 2013! It's a traditional railroader's breakfast of flapjacks and jam from strawberries, the big crop 'round Monterey where John lived, with tea or coffee. Substitutes are ok of course. Enjoy your breakfast at home or form a group. Mark your calendar today. Take a little time on this special day to remember John, model railroading's Wizard of Monterey, creator of the astonishing Gorre and Daphetid Railroad, and take another look at some of the fabulous photographs and innovations he introduced to our great hobby. Help spread the word, not just the jam! It's easy. Tell your club, your online forums and groups about it. This initiative has been undertaken by a small group of volunteers - model railroaders. We depend completely on you to get the word out wherever you can at home and abroad, ASAP. Join us for the month of June. Paste this entire postscript into your email signature. Get the official poster, more info and downloadable files here: http://tinyurl.com/md57tum --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote: > > I use lever operated SPDT switches > (http://cnc.en.alibaba.com/product/730052561-212162659/LXW5_Micro_Switch_Sensor.html) > to control frog and track power. I mount them for throwbar control either > above the benchwork, or below, using a homemade linkage. Trackpower is > provided by the proper running rails to the switch, then a wire to the frog > and a jumper to the insulated rail beyond the frog. > > I find that mounting them above the benchwork and using the switch throwbar > to operate them. Simple, expedient, and reliable, a bane to the high-tech and > Dcc crowd, but it works for me. > > boB Nicholson __________________________________________________ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
