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.
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.
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
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 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!!! :)
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
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?
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
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
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
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? .
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
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?
@@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?
@@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
@@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?
@@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
Robert, all of your hard work has paid off. Fantastic result! - Brian
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
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.
Thanks mate and don't go back in time scary cheers Robert
Awesome idea using the lights to see what track is powered. I am following your ideas to install my turntable and roundhouse. Thank You!
Richard i thought it was a good idea knowing which track was live using the light cheers Robert
What MM is the track indicator light? Is it 1.8mm? Also what did you put over the lamp? Thanks.
Looking good, and will look even better full of locos
Yes it will cheers Robert
Awesome build, love the light set up. Thanks for sharing, Chuck RVRR
Thanks Chuck cheers Robert
Wow, Robert, it looks great. Well done my friend, look forward to seeing more, kevin
Kevin thanks and i'm glad all the wiring is finished and know for the fun part cheers Robert
Looks really awesome, Robert. Thanks for sharing. - Drew
Thanks Drew cheers Robert
You’re welcome, man.
Very Nice as Usual Robert, Will be helpful when i get to my turntable.
Cheers mate Andy M
Andy thanks and i will be doing another video on the lights cheers Robert
Very impressive Robert , gives me some great ideas for me to install a turntable , track power is DCC
Hope you get some idea's cheers Robert
Love it! keep up the good work! The Round House is looking fantastic!
Thanks mate cheers Robert
Great video Robert, the roundhouse is amazing.
That SD70ACe looks and sounds awesome also
👍👍👍😎😎😎 Cary
Cary will be good when i finish the lead in track into the turntable cheers Robert
Great idea for isolating the tracks. I might do something similar on my turntable.
Works great cheers Robert
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.
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
@@csxmad True enough Looking forward to more of your amazing videos from this Canuck
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!
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
IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Great job Robert!
Alive and well cheers Robert
Very cleaver stuff Robert, excellent................John.
Thanks John cheers Robert
Nice electric work Robert , all coming to gether now
Dave the hard bit done now cheers Robert
Nice job on the wiring Rob
Cheers Glynn
Glynn is good now that the wiring is all done cheers Robert
Looks and works great Robert Cheers !
Thanks David so far so good cheers Robert
@@csxmad Your welcome Robert !
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!
i used 18volts leds but you could use any leds from 3volts up to 18 cheers Robert
@@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!!! :)
Hope all go's well with your Roundhouse
That is an awesome idea. I like it!
Joe thanks cheers Robert
Another big job done, well almost. You would think the turntable would have a better polarity switch so there would be no dead zone.
Scott the dead zone is a pain cheers Robert
Love watching your videos, so talented and creative, where did you get the green interior lights in the roundhouse, thanks.
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
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?
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
What MM is the track indicator light? Is it 1.8mm? Also what did you put over the lamp? Thanks.
Great stuff Robert. Incase I have missed something, how is polarity managed when turning passed 180 degrees during the truntable rotation??
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
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
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
Well done Rob. Where did you source the PD board from? I don't think Jaycar have them!
Peter i got all these from china e-bay cheers Robert
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? .
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
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?
Your Roundhouse is working very well, can I borrow you to wire up my layout, my electrical knowledge is bad.
No worries just send me the airfare ticket and i'm there lol cheers Robert
@@csxmad will see once I get there 👍
Can you wire a keep alive to the turntable bridge to keep power when it its the dead zone?
Interesting i don/t know cheers Robert
@@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
How do you change the polarity from tracks in roundhouse
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
@@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?
@@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
@@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?
@@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
I don't like how walthers turns off the power at a certain point
I don't like that part as well, did try using a reverser as well, but this didn't work cheers Robert