So I have three uncouplers on my O27 track. I want to get them set up in an orderly fashion, so I was thinking of having the hot lead run through a second terminal block to which I would run individual leads to each of the couplers. Here is my proposed set up. Will this work?
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Deuce;
Keeping in mind that I am a verified techno-peasant, I have a question... if I understand the wiring of the uncoupling tracks correctly, the activation switch is in line with the hot lead. If all of the hots go to one terminal block, wouldn't that fire all the uncouplers at the same time (which could lead to unexpected consequences if a train is passing over one of the other uncouplers)???
Apples55 posted:Deuce;
Keeping in mind that I am a verified techno-peasant, I have a question... if I understand the wiring of the uncoupling tracks correctly, the activation switch is in line with the hot lead. If all of the hots go to one terminal block, wouldn't that fire all the uncouplers at the same time (which could lead to unexpected consequences if a train is passing over one of the other uncouplers)???
Paul,
I think you're right. I wonder if the better option is to place a LockOn next to each uncoupler (I have enough) and run the wire from the uncoupler, to the switch, and back over to the LockOn. It's more wire, but no terminal block. But since everything is powered by a bus, haven't I just recreated what I presented in the first drawing ... just a bit more convoluted?
I was going to propose the following, but not sure if it'll work or not (or as I suspect, it's pretty much the same as the original). Since the switch is after the terminal block, I wonder if that would isolate each uncoupler from each other?
Trying to recreate this, but in triplicate ...
As you say, since everything is powered by a "bus" (coupler & track voltage are the same) your methods are functionally equivalent. As I see it, it depends on where you want to mount your 3 activation switches.
If the activation switches are placed physically near each uncoupler, then the LockOn method would have less wiring. You'd only need the #1 terminal of the LockOn.
If the activation switches are centrally located (e.g., on a control panel) some distance away from the uncouplers, then I'd go with the terminal block method.
As long as you have 3 activation switches, either method "isolates" each uncoupler from the other.
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