Greetings, Blackwood, and hello, Euan 👋 Excellent presentation 👏 👏👏 It certainly looks like a serious piece of kit 🤩 and a lot more practical than other solutions 👍 Very best wishes from the Emerald Isle ☘️
Evening Paul - takes all the hassle out of fitting PL10'S to be honest. I did have to consult the NT re the twin accessory switch 🙈. I didn't realise that when you are looking at the switch when under the baseboard the tags on the switch are back to front when referring to the wiring diagram. Peco assume most people will remove the switch, wire it and then twist it into place under the motor. Took me 6 days to fathom this out - doh😅
@@Elvenhome Thanks Stephen. Much easier to fit than the PL10. Although I had to consult the NT with regards the accessory switch. Could not get it to work.... until I realised that when viewed from under the baseboard the wiring diagram was in effect back to front 🙈🤣
Hi Euan, Nice video, these certainly are a major upgrade from the PL10's and should make it a lot easier for newcomers to the hobby, when I saw the accessory switch I was half expecting you to show the wiring using 6 different colours of scrap wire, The NT would have loved that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. On a serious note the video was well explained and will help many other modellers out. All the best Tony.
Hi Tony - many thanks. I did have to consult the NT over the wiring of the accessory switch. I didn't realise the diagram is showing you the terminals looking down. When I wired I was under the baseboard looking up - so everything is back to front.....doh😅 No wonder I kept getting a short 😅 cheers Euan
Hi Chris - many thanks. They are so easy to Install. Like you I thought I was done with point motors but the little bit of track change decided otherwise. Hopefully the video helped others thinking about using them. Cheers Euan
Hi Euan, nicely presented and they do look quite easy to fit. The mystery to me though is the wiring of the motor and although I’ve watched many how to’s on how to wire it never quite explains it 🤔. Cheers for now mate, John
Hi John. Yes they are easy to fit. To wire - the two green wires can be joined together in a chocbloc. Take a single lead from the other side of the chocbloc to either the + / - power supply. The remaining two wires from the motor can go to a switch with a centre off or as I use metal studs on a mimic diagram. From the +/- terminal (where you have wired back to) take a wire back to the centre off switch or if using studs as I do the wire just needs to touch the stud to change the point. Give me a call if my explanation is not clear enough😊. Cheers Euan
Hi John - fitting is so easy - just take the time to line up the template. The motor is still a solenoid so if they can be wired to an accessory decoder for DDC then I'd imagine this one can be to. Cheers Euan
Hi Euan! Nice demonstration! They look fairly easy to install! I may me wrong, but there doesn't look like there's enough room to drill the holes for the screws if there's already track been laid adjacent to the point? I suppose that's no different to having point rodding run below tracks though! Cheers, Ian.
Hi Ian - thank you😊. There is sufficient room to drill the holes. One of the holes is under the edge of the sleepers. The other is close enough to miss an adjacent track. I suppose if you had an adjacent track in the way you could move it temporarily. Cheers Euan
Questions: How loud are the point motors? Would you use them again? As a fellow n gauge and do an update to my layout, and looking a point motor solutions. Stay safe, take care, and have fun.
Hi - they are solonoid motors - so they aren't "silent". Yes I would use again - they take the hassle out of trying to line up the PL10 motors. Cheers Euan
Greetings, Blackwood, and hello, Euan 👋 Excellent presentation 👏 👏👏 It certainly looks like a serious piece of kit 🤩 and a lot more practical than other solutions 👍 Very best wishes from the Emerald Isle ☘️
Evening Paul - takes all the hassle out of fitting PL10'S to be honest. I did have to consult the NT re the twin accessory switch 🙈. I didn't realise that when you are looking at the switch when under the baseboard the tags on the switch are back to front when referring to the wiring diagram. Peco assume most people will remove the switch, wire it and then twist it into place under the motor. Took me 6 days to fathom this out - doh😅
They look really useful bits of kit. So much easier than jiggling the older model to get line it up correctly. Well done on the 'how to' video Stephen
@@Elvenhome Thanks Stephen. Much easier to fit than the PL10. Although I had to consult the NT with regards the accessory switch. Could not get it to work.... until I realised that when viewed from under the baseboard the wiring diagram was in effect back to front 🙈🤣
Jiggling 🤔 that must have been the ghost 👻 of Christmas past 🤭
Hi Euan, Nice video, these certainly are a major upgrade from the PL10's and should make it a lot easier for newcomers to the hobby, when I saw the accessory switch I was half expecting you to show the wiring using 6 different colours of scrap wire, The NT would have loved that! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. On a serious note the video was well explained and will help many other modellers out. All the best Tony.
Hi Tony - many thanks. I did have to consult the NT over the wiring of the accessory switch. I didn't realise the diagram is showing you the terminals looking down. When I wired I was under the baseboard looking up - so everything is back to front.....doh😅 No wonder I kept getting a short 😅 cheers Euan
Great tutorial Euan very nicely done 👍
@@ModelRailwayShed Thank you - hopefully it explained the process of fitting. Cheers Euan
Very good Euan, i'm glad i'm done with point motors but looks like a nice compact unit and perfectly demonstrated.
Hi Chris - many thanks. They are so easy to Install. Like you I thought I was done with point motors but the little bit of track change decided otherwise. Hopefully the video helped others thinking about using them. Cheers Euan
Hi Euan, nicely presented and they do look quite easy to fit. The mystery to me though is the wiring of the motor and although I’ve watched many how to’s on how to wire it never quite explains it 🤔.
Cheers for now mate, John
Hi John. Yes they are easy to fit. To wire - the two green wires can be joined together in a chocbloc. Take a single lead from the other side of the chocbloc to either the + / - power supply. The remaining two wires from the motor can go to a switch with a centre off or as I use metal studs on a mimic diagram. From the +/- terminal (where you have wired back to) take a wire back to the centre off switch or if using studs as I do the wire just needs to touch the stud to change the point. Give me a call if my explanation is not clear enough😊. Cheers Euan
Euan, that’s brilliant, thanks for taking the time to explain it for me, that’s made it much clearer, cheers, John
Nice tutorial Euan.
Happy modelling
@@monsvillerailways5736 Thank you - glad it was useful. 😊
Very interesting. Hope ur backs recovered 😮
Thank you 😊
Absolutely fantastic, thank you for doing this. Fitting looks quite easy. Guessing they can be wired to an accessory decoder for DCC?
Hi John - fitting is so easy - just take the time to line up the template. The motor is still a solenoid so if they can be wired to an accessory decoder for DDC then I'd imagine this one can be to. Cheers Euan
Hi Euan! Nice demonstration! They look fairly easy to install! I may me wrong, but there doesn't look like there's enough room to drill the holes for the screws if there's already track been laid adjacent to the point? I suppose that's no different to having point rodding run below tracks though! Cheers, Ian.
Hi Ian - thank you😊. There is sufficient room to drill the holes. One of the holes is under the edge of the sleepers. The other is close enough to miss an adjacent track. I suppose if you had an adjacent track in the way you could move it temporarily. Cheers Euan
Questions: How loud are the point motors? Would you use them again? As a fellow n gauge and do an update to my layout, and looking a point motor solutions. Stay safe, take care, and have fun.
Hi - they are solonoid motors - so they aren't "silent". Yes I would use again - they take the hassle out of trying to line up the PL10 motors. Cheers Euan