Walthers 12 Stall Roundhouse & 130 Turntable Part 14 " Wiring tracks & lights"

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  • @richarddewey6752
    @richarddewey6752 5 років тому

    Awesome idea using the lights to see what track is powered. I am following your ideas to install my turntable and roundhouse. Thank You!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Richard i thought it was a good idea knowing which track was live using the light cheers Robert

    • @arahollisian5169
      @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

      What MM is the track indicator light? Is it 1.8mm? Also what did you put over the lamp? Thanks.

  • @Nealeb1970
    @Nealeb1970 5 років тому +1

    Looking good, and will look even better full of locos

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Yes it will cheers Robert

  • @brian102256
    @brian102256 5 років тому

    Robert, all of your hard work has paid off. Fantastic result! - Brian

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Brian thanks and i couldn't believe that this has taken well over a year to do.
      I must be a slow worker lol cheers Robert

  • @choochoo3985
    @choochoo3985 5 років тому

    Jumped back to 2012 and flinched when you said end of DDC layout. Thought you meant this one. Whew. Anyway great job, way beyond my talent and or patience Very impressed with your talent and ability to share, thank you.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Thanks mate and don't go back in time scary cheers Robert

  • @clashofminiatures
    @clashofminiatures 5 років тому

    Awesome build, love the light set up. Thanks for sharing, Chuck RVRR

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Thanks Chuck cheers Robert

  • @DruSteel69
    @DruSteel69 5 років тому

    Looks really awesome, Robert. Thanks for sharing. - Drew

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому +1

      Thanks Drew cheers Robert

    • @DruSteel69
      @DruSteel69 5 років тому +1

      You’re welcome, man.

  • @sor_cnhagersvillesubdivisi7803
    @sor_cnhagersvillesubdivisi7803 5 років тому

    Love it! keep up the good work! The Round House is looking fantastic!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Thanks mate cheers Robert

  • @Building_America
    @Building_America 5 років тому

    IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Great job Robert!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Alive and well cheers Robert

  • @SFRATON
    @SFRATON 5 років тому

    Wow, Robert, it looks great. Well done my friend, look forward to seeing more, kevin

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Kevin thanks and i'm glad all the wiring is finished and know for the fun part cheers Robert

  • @apmazurka
    @apmazurka 5 років тому

    Very Nice as Usual Robert, Will be helpful when i get to my turntable.
    Cheers mate Andy M

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Andy thanks and i will be doing another video on the lights cheers Robert

  • @johncarvil498
    @johncarvil498 5 років тому

    Very cleaver stuff Robert, excellent................John.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Thanks John cheers Robert

  • @denniswilson2690
    @denniswilson2690 2 роки тому

    Amazing group of Videos well done. I would have the pit lights come on when you flipped the individual switch for track power instead of adding the corner light to indicate power to the track.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  2 роки тому

      Dennis, thanks for your comment, but the best thing with the lights coming on the corner is i can still have all the pit lights come on
      and the corner light will show me which track is live cheers Robert

    • @denniswilson2690
      @denniswilson2690 2 роки тому

      @@csxmad True enough Looking forward to more of your amazing videos from this Canuck

  • @JoeG-firehousewhiskey
    @JoeG-firehousewhiskey 5 років тому

    That is an awesome idea. I like it!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Joe thanks cheers Robert

  • @davidallen6333
    @davidallen6333 5 років тому

    Looks and works great Robert Cheers !

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Thanks David so far so good cheers Robert

    • @davidallen6333
      @davidallen6333 5 років тому

      @@csxmad Your welcome Robert !

  • @Gavs_rc_hobbies
    @Gavs_rc_hobbies 5 років тому

    Great idea for isolating the tracks. I might do something similar on my turntable.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Works great cheers Robert

  • @dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267
    @dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267 3 роки тому

    Very impressive Robert , gives me some great ideas for me to install a turntable , track power is DCC

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  3 роки тому

      Hope you get some idea's cheers Robert

  • @QRoutback
    @QRoutback 5 років тому

    Nice job on the wiring Rob
    Cheers Glynn

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Glynn is good now that the wiring is all done cheers Robert

  • @MMRails
    @MMRails 5 років тому

    The Dead Zone. I think I’ll name my model railroad that. I’m looking for a name. Great job Robert. Now let’s try 10 locomotives in there!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Mark you don't want to use that name, but more loco's when i get the track
      leading into the Roundhouse finished cheers Robert

  • @cbgadget4740
    @cbgadget4740 5 років тому

    Great video Robert, the roundhouse is amazing.
    That SD70ACe looks and sounds awesome also
    👍👍👍😎😎😎 Cary

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому +1

      Cary will be good when i finish the lead in track into the turntable cheers Robert

  • @gregoryk.7052
    @gregoryk.7052 10 місяців тому

    Awesome Roundhouse!!! This has given me a lot of inspiration on my roundhouse and turntable. What kind of LED lights did you use for your indicator for power to the track? I'm starting to build my roundhouse and I love this idea of yours! Thanks!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  10 місяців тому +1

      i used 18volts leds but you could use any leds from 3volts up to 18 cheers Robert

    • @gregoryk.7052
      @gregoryk.7052 10 місяців тому

      @@csxmad Thanks! Great job on the roundhouse and turntable. You have inspired me on my layout and each of my six stalls are going to be wired to a toggle switch. I just love that idea! Keep it between the Rails!!! :)

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  10 місяців тому

      Hope all go's well with your Roundhouse

  • @howarth004
    @howarth004 5 років тому

    Nice electric work Robert , all coming to gether now

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Dave the hard bit done now cheers Robert

  • @derekalexander4030
    @derekalexander4030 5 років тому +1

    So the round house has individual switches for track power with an indicator light and each individual bay has its own overhead lighting with a switch and each individual pit has it’s own lighting with a switch. Simply brilliant! I am amazed and Edison would be proud. Great work, Robert, as usual. Would a keep alive in the loco cover the time of the dead spot on the turntable?

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Derek a lot of switches but the outcome will be great when doing ops on this baby.
      And i don't know about the keep alive? cheers Robert

    • @arahollisian5169
      @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

      What MM is the track indicator light? Is it 1.8mm? Also what did you put over the lamp? Thanks.

  • @marystralkus1319
    @marystralkus1319 5 років тому +1

    Love watching your videos, so talented and creative, where did you get the green interior lights in the roundhouse, thanks.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      These are the lights www.ebay.com.au/itm/50-pcs-HO-OO-gauge-Ceiling-Lampposts-LEDs-made-telpher-lights-hanging-Lamp/253460348747?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 cheers Robert

  • @ScottDowneywoundedbear
    @ScottDowneywoundedbear 5 років тому

    Another big job done, well almost. You would think the turntable would have a better polarity switch so there would be no dead zone.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Scott the dead zone is a pain cheers Robert

  • @peterpocock9062
    @peterpocock9062 4 роки тому

    Well done Rob. Where did you source the PD board from? I don't think Jaycar have them!

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  4 роки тому +1

      Peter i got all these from china e-bay cheers Robert

  • @0602Omega
    @0602Omega 3 роки тому

    Great stuff Robert. Incase I have missed something, how is polarity managed when turning passed 180 degrees during the truntable rotation??

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  3 роки тому

      Gary the turntable changes this as it turns.
      And this is why there is a dead spot on the turn table,
      which cuts out power for a couple of seconds and then turns back on.
      Hope this answered your question cheers Robert

  • @thomasgrassi8817
    @thomasgrassi8817 2 роки тому

    Hi I just installed a Walthers Cornerstone 90' Turntable DCC, I just figured out a problem I was having my Engines all short circuit when entering the Bridge. Found out that the Bridge Track is DC I run DCC So I believe my Power Adapter is casing the problem. I see you used a step up module do you have a part number for the one you used? Also it was unclear where the setup connected to on both ends I believe on the turntable to contacts C and D but where on the command station I run NCE here too. Thanks Tom

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  2 роки тому

      Thomas, thanks for the comment. Now i know nothing about dc but will try and help out.
      I don't think your power Adapter is the problem, i would swap the wires around and this may help with your short circuit when entering the bridge?
      And D and C go's to power and B and A straight to you bus lines, no wires to the NCE Command Station.
      Another idea is you my need a Auto Reverser to change polarity. And the step up module you connect the first two wires from your adapter to the in
      section of the module and two wires from the out section to the D and C wires, and the module just google this and heaps will show up, hope this helps cheers Robert

  • @choochoo3985
    @choochoo3985 5 років тому

    Question; the track to the turntable for example; right track Red wire, left track Black wire. Turntable track is wired, how to insure you don't short out the system when the locomotive rolls on to the turn table and then the Roundhouse track is wired, Red left, right black which in this example you turned the locomotive around to back in which made everything coposyedic. Now you roll back out and want to run the locomotive straight off the turntable on to the feed in track which will reverse polarity shorting out the system. How can I prevent that from happening? .

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      As long as your track is wired the way you have said, you want short out the track, the bridge is doing the reverse polarity for you.
      Depending on what turntable you use, you may have to use a reverse module to the bridge to do the correct polarity for you, hope
      this helps cheers Robert

    • @arahollisian5169
      @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

      I have asked this question before but if you could humor me. At 8:20 of this video loco enters roundhouse and then rolls back out of roundhouse. My question is how does polarity reverse itself inside the roundhouse track?

  • @TheGamingEevee8
    @TheGamingEevee8 5 років тому

    Your Roundhouse is working very well, can I borrow you to wire up my layout, my electrical knowledge is bad.

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому +1

      No worries just send me the airfare ticket and i'm there lol cheers Robert

    • @TheGamingEevee8
      @TheGamingEevee8 5 років тому

      @@csxmad will see once I get there 👍

  • @arahollisian5169
    @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

    How do you change the polarity from tracks in roundhouse

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  Рік тому

      The bridge will change polarity for you as long as you have wired the tracks in the roundhouse the same as coming into the turntable cheers

    • @arahollisian5169
      @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

      @@csxmad Still confused on the polarity issue. On your video you have loco entering turntable then rotating less than half revolution then enter roundhouse and immediately exit roundhouse. Are you manually switching the polarity?

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  Рік тому

      @@arahollisian5169 No not manually switching.
      The bridge is doing the polarity for the loco's just like a auto reverser. and there is a dead spot on the turntable that changes the polarity. You will notice if the loco go's a full 360 turn your loco will lose power at a certain part on the turntable. So if you have a sound loco and spin this 360 you will lose sound in the loco for about a second cheers

    • @arahollisian5169
      @arahollisian5169 Рік тому

      @@csxmad I totally understand the dead spot changing the polarity. But your video shows loco entering the turntable, then rotate less than a quarter revolution, then loco enters roundhouse in the same direction as it entered the turntable and now once in the roundhouse the loco reverses direction to enter back onto the turntable. My question is how are you reversing the direction of the loco?

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  Рік тому

      @@arahollisian5169 As i said the bridge is your auto reverser, you don't have to do a full lap around, and the tracks all have gaps so they are all not joined to the bridge hope this helps

  • @nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448
    @nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448 5 років тому

    Can you wire a keep alive to the turntable bridge to keep power when it its the dead zone?

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  5 років тому

      Interesting i don/t know cheers Robert

    • @nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448
      @nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448 5 років тому +1

      @@csxmad If not the turntable bridge circuit then at least the locos so they don't stop and start. I will look into it an let you know

  • @toadjam12000
    @toadjam12000 4 роки тому

    I don't like how walthers turns off the power at a certain point

    • @csxmad
      @csxmad  4 роки тому +1

      I don't like that part as well, did try using a reverser as well, but this didn't work cheers Robert