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Reply to "Dispatcher Panel for "Concept" Layout"

Originally Posted by pro hobby:

Dispatcher Panel for "Concept" Layout

 

Note: The connections to the "turnouts" and the "blocks" use separate terminal strips. Since all the LEDs which show block condition are yellow I could have used all yellow wire for these connections. 

 

See the attachment for terminal block wiring.

 

Yes, I understand the concept and the layout.  Replacing all of the 'block' greens with yellows would be an improvement, but -- in my opinion -- it would be even better to have, say, yellow, orange, pink, yellow, ...[ repeat ] rather than all yellows.  You are labeling your TB's nicely, but you're not, it would appear, using any wire labels, so you can't distinguish one green [ or yellow ] wire from another IF they are disconnected from the T/B [ other than tracing it physically ] -- not that that would ever happen, of course....

Don't forget to leave some spare terminals.  How would you add another crossover at Tower N, for example...

 

I realize this is 'proof of concept' -- but that's all the more reason to consider such things now, I think.

 

SZ

 

Also:  Since the LED's face 'outward' how do access this wiring on the 'reverse' side ?  If your t/strips were all on one side, you could, if there was enough slack in the field side wiring, "hinge" the panel on that side and fold it back.  Just a thought for the future, or an alternate method for when you get beyond the "proof of" stage.

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