I would use diodes instead of resistors.
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Dale H
Originally Posted by Mel Wolff:
Originally Posted by WftTrains:
Dale is correct and I learned what he’s talking about the hard way. I had a derailment and a K-Line passenger car was bridging two blocks (the block with the short and another block) each fed by a different PW ZW. The wiring in that car is now history.
With no lights, now I call it a sleeping car!
HTH,
Bill
Bill:
Were the two PWZW's in phase and was the common, U, on the two of them connected?
Mel
Mel:
I’ve been operating this layout with 3 post-war ZW’s for about 15 years and I made sure a long time ago that they were in phase. I keep them plugged into a terminal strip and each plug is marked with tape on end so that I will plug it in correctly when I do unplug any of them for maintenance, etc.
The U terminals of one are not directly wired to another but one U terminal from each transformer is wired to my common ground buss.
Bill
Originally Posted by Samplingman:
Thanks guys, some great information here. I'm in pursuit of a good 2035 and re-configuring the grades a bit. I like the idea off resistors, I'm going to check that out. Bigo426, do you have a better scan of that wiring diagram? I've searched online and even spent $1.45 on a CTT download (which had no information on wiring, BTW), but the wiring seems to be a closely guarded secret, LOL!
Diodes as droppers are a much better solution than resistors.
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Dale H
