11-22-2014, 06:37 AM
I've been looking at three way switches. I'm only seeing two readily available and most common. The Peco 99 and Walthers/Shinohara 108. I'm leaning towards the Peco due to the size. The Peco seems to be about 3 inches shorter and a slightly tighter radius. Am I mistaken by saying the Peco 99 is similar to the Atlas #4 radius? The Shinohara 108 is a nice looking switch but eats up a lot of valuable real estate. And this appears to be similar to Atlas #6. I reference Atlas, because that's way my switches are.
Granted the Peco is roughly $10 higher at retail locations, I've seen some decent pricing on ebay. Now a question on Peco 99. Since I don't use Peco, I'm unfamiliar with their terminology. Electro vs Insul... My track is currently powered with DCC. But I switch between a DC power pack depending on what engines I run. All switches are manual. Are these details necessary in choice between SLE99 and SL99? I want plug and play.
Granted the Peco is roughly $10 higher at retail locations, I've seen some decent pricing on ebay. Now a question on Peco 99. Since I don't use Peco, I'm unfamiliar with their terminology. Electro vs Insul... My track is currently powered with DCC. But I switch between a DC power pack depending on what engines I run. All switches are manual. Are these details necessary in choice between SLE99 and SL99? I want plug and play.
Thanks
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