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To Rod Stewart:  Yes , I have the accessories going to a 8 post block, ,

I would like to toggle switch , but since I dont have many accessories,  I could

go straight to the ZW, after fusing,  was just wanting something pretty.  Got more

lights in buildings and on streets than I do accessories, but for future reference,  Yes,

 

I dont have toggles switches bought yet, they may provide the needed link of info,  as to what wires

go to the transf, and again I seperated all the black is on the right side, and the reds are on the left side,

My Question will the accessories now be able to  operate seperately, after I try and get these toggles on a board

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I think I understand now.

You really don't need a distribution block if you are using separate toggles.

Just jumper your transformer supply power to one terminal of each switch.

Then wire the other switch terminal on each switch directly to each accessory.

Then wire the common returns from each accessory to a terminal strip such as a Curtis 15 or 20 series. Then a single return wire back from the terminal strip to the transformer common ground completes the circuit.

Have I described that OK?

 

Rod

I have a convention control layout with 28 blocks.

I made an electrical wiring diagram before starting the work.

Where relays and other devices are used[eg signal systems] an electrical schematic was also made.

 

I could use these to write work orders which seemed to make the installation process go smoother. Everything being preplanned.

learning about this forum, also,  Oh,yes,  that seems to be the answer,

 

??,  since I dont see the light at the end of the terminal, real well sometimes

my Next ???,  this will place many wires on the back of the ZW ( post war)

will it not ,  that is something I have been concerned about,

   The comment -- Jumper the suppy power to each toggle !!!

 

TCP, buss wiring may be what you're after.  The examples in my Run Room are on a large scale but you can scale them down for your use.  See photos of buss wiring.

 

There's an on/off switch located next to the cattle loader pictured just down from center of this page of photos.  The single pole switch is mounted on painted acrylic.  The plastic mounting plate covers the hole in the table for the switch housing.

The bottom of page shows the under table wiring terminal for wiring 3 separate single pole switches to an accessory.

 

While your wire color convention is black for Common and Red for Variable Voltage, my convention is white for Common and colors for Variable Voltage.

This terminal strip just shows the final taps for an accessory and its switch or switches.

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TGP;

Perhaps I did not explain myself very well.

What I meant was run one heavy wire from the transformer hot terminal to the first toggle switch. Then jumper from this switch terminal to the same terminal of each adjacent switch in sequence. This works nicely if the toggles are all mounted together in a row on your panel.

By the way, the hot wire from the transformer should have a 10 amp inline fuse or circuit breaker to protect the entire circuit from short circuits.

 

Rod

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