Where and How are your panic buttons installed?

George,

I have a switched power strip under the shelf that holds my transformers - LOVE the big button idea!

Gotta get me one - so cool. I'll put it in a prominent place.

Where did you buy it?

@Lionelski posted:

George,

I have a switched power strip under the shelf that holds my transformers - LOVE the big button idea!

Gotta get me one - so cool. I'll put it in a prominent place.

Where did you buy it?

I also have a switched power strip that holds my transformers, but it's not quickly reached in an emergency - hence the request.

I haven't bought it yet.  It's over on *mazon.  Search for "emergency stop button".

George

Couple options- put the button behind a cover like this.

or recess the buttons below/ in the fascia of the layout so that it's accessible but won't get hit accidentally.

Bob

I mirrored GRJ's setup from this thread...  https://ogrforum.com/topic/let...e-your-kill-switches

Mine has been in place for 35 years as soon as the main benchwork was in place. It’s just a good quality household type on off light switch. One wire of the house current has to pass through all 4 switches. Any one of them flipped off shuts everything down. The wire runs through metal conduit from one box to another under the layout so there’s no way you can confuse it with layout wiring.

This is a timely post. Wanting to get more into operations. I know where they all are. But they are not marked for visitors that may have trouble finding them.

A power strip by the transformers under the layout or (6 feet away from this), the wall switch which cuts power to the power strip.

Peter

I installed multiple EPOs around my 4x4’ CNC but have not gotten to it yet on my RR layout.  On the CNC, I have 3 EPOs that are connected in series and the switch in each EPO is normally closed.  That way if any single EPO is pressed, the continuous circuit is opened which cuts the voltage that feeds the coil of a relay, which in turn stops everything.  

@Dave_C posted:

Mine has been in place for 35 years as soon as the main benchwork was in place. It’s just a good quality household type on off light switch. One wire of the house current has to pass through all 4 switches. Any one of them flipped off shuts everything down. The wire runs through metal conduit from one box to another under the layout so there’s no way you can confuse it with layout wiring.

This is a timely post. Wanting to get more into operations. I know where they all are. But they are not marked for visitors that may have trouble finding them.

I did a similar continuous string, also using that type of switch, about 25 years ago;  at that time it was possible to buy a plastic red faceplate with EMERGENCY heat stamped on the face in black.  The store didn't have enough of them in stock, so for the rest of the switches I used plastic white/ivory  faceplates painted bright red.

But I did all of this in low voltage DC;  I personally would never run 120 around a layout, no matter how well protected.  Flipping any any switch down drops out a relay which in turn opens relays on all cab and aux outputs.  Restoration not only requires the ES switch to be restored, but a 'reset' pushbutton on the main control panel -- the ES string is the seal in circuit.

Best regards, SZ

Right after I posted I found and ordered these from Amazon. With the green fascia these should stand out.

@Steinzeit posted:

...But I did all of this in low voltage DC;  I personally would never run 120 around a layout, no matter how well protected.  ...

I'm not an electrician, but have watched Youtube videos.    I have done some of my own basic house wiring.  Wondering if running 120 under a layout (even in conduit) would violate code.  And if it violates code, could it cause issues with a claim on one's homeowners insurance?  Maybe one of our resident electricians could weigh in.