Help!
I have four S-Gauge modules that are a part of a club layout. The modules contain two main lines run off the club transformers. I have added a pair of turnouts on the inner main line that connect to a pair of sidings with a spur. I want to set up the sidings so i can use CAB control, allowing either a transformer located at the siding modules, or the club tranformer located somewhere else on the layout, to operate trains on the sidings.
Here's my question. Can i use single pole double throw center off switches on my control panel, in lieu of DPDT switches, and keep the "common" wire, connected throughout the sidings? If so, do i connect the club common and the siding commons together?
Doing this would save a lot of wire and some complexity. I have read the archive material, and anything else i could get my hands on, but haven't found a discussion of this when your system is AC based.
Thanks for any and all help.
Regards,
Ted
I have four S-Gauge modules that are a part of a club layout. The modules contain two main lines run off the club transformers. I have added a pair of turnouts on the inner main line that connect to a pair of sidings with a spur. I want to set up the sidings so i can use CAB control, allowing either a transformer located at the siding modules, or the club tranformer located somewhere else on the layout, to operate trains on the sidings.
Here's my question. Can i use single pole double throw center off switches on my control panel, in lieu of DPDT switches, and keep the "common" wire, connected throughout the sidings? If so, do i connect the club common and the siding commons together?
Doing this would save a lot of wire and some complexity. I have read the archive material, and anything else i could get my hands on, but haven't found a discussion of this when your system is AC based.
Thanks for any and all help.
Regards,
Ted