Wiring Led To Tortoise Switch Machine

These are for use with the tortoise remote mount.

Wiring led to tortoise switch machine. The resistance of the tortoise motor is about 600 ohms an ideal limiting resistance for leds. A video on how to properly wire a tortoise switch machine control panel led s a turnout and 3 turnout signals and operate them with a dpdt toggle switch. An alternate led and power module are described in appendices 4 and 5.

A thin precise laser cut plastic template for use when multiple tortoise switch this thin wire attaches to a compact actuator mechanism and is mounted. The wires to the left go to the wallwart. Do not use additional resistors.

This is the fully connected setup the wires to the right go to the tortoise s 2 outer contacts. Build the power module appendix 3 and then pre wire the tortoise connector with power and frog connections. A little update on how i wire led s to indicate the turnout direction with cobalt and tortoise switch machines.

1 1 let s start you are replacing an existing mainline switch machine whose electrical connections are proper but. Do not use additional resistors. Switch flipped to one side turnout moves and the red led burns.

With the voltage the other led will light. Hope you find the information helpful. The polarity has to be correct to get the dpdt handle position and the led indication consistent with what you want.

With the voltage on the tortoise one of the leds will light. The tortoise serves to limit current and the leds will only rob a volt or two from the tortoise. An 6000 7 wiring panel leds in series with the tortoise switch machine to panel switch red led green led note.