04-04-2023, 08:22 PM
I have been working on the yards but have forgotten to take photos. Most of the track is down and ballastedans yesterday and today I worked on the wiring.
There are 3 power districts protected by Voltscooter breakers. That gives me a total of 9 districts on the entire layout. There are 3 different yards in the addition each has 6 tracks. Each track can be turned off so locomotives can be stored without a massive power draw. There is a switch panel for each yard which has 6 rocker switches for the track and a master reset switch for the circuit breaker.
I used 12 gauge audio wire from the power supply to the yards with each yard having its own 12 gauge wire pair.
Tomorrow I hope to get stuff put away so I can finish up the fascia. I think I managed to bet the yard tracks in phase with the main layout too. More to come.
Charlie
There are 3 power districts protected by Voltscooter breakers. That gives me a total of 9 districts on the entire layout. There are 3 different yards in the addition each has 6 tracks. Each track can be turned off so locomotives can be stored without a massive power draw. There is a switch panel for each yard which has 6 rocker switches for the track and a master reset switch for the circuit breaker.
I used 12 gauge audio wire from the power supply to the yards with each yard having its own 12 gauge wire pair.
Tomorrow I hope to get stuff put away so I can finish up the fascia. I think I managed to bet the yard tracks in phase with the main layout too. More to come.
Charlie