I guess large is a relative term, but I have a number Z-1000 turnouts that I have have to wire around the layout. I will have a central location [ control panel ] that they come back to where the momentary controllers will be located. These turnouts will be separately powered.
As I look at the wiring diagram in the Z-stuff site, I see that I can run one wire from the power source to the momentary switches for power - I'll use a red wire from the power source to a terminal strip with jumpers, then from the terminal strip to each momentary switch.
I'll use a black wire from the power source and have it run, as a bus, around the layout and connect each turnout motor to this black common bus.
The diagram shows that the remaining two wires, yellow/green for straight thru and turnout MUST be wired point-to-point between each momentary controller to each turnout motor.
ASCs are not an alternative. Is there an alternative to this direct wiring to turnout motor? There will be a lot of Yellow/Green wire running around under the table and keeping the wiring simple and identifiable for future troubleshooting seems like it will be a problem? Are there any best practices for wiring this large number of turnouts?
Thanks in advance
Ralph
