Walthers 90' Turntable
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Hi All,

This week i recieved a Walthers 90ft turntable & motor 933-3171 from Maders trains Big Grin for a new end to end layout as below it will possibly have some more tracks to it but the turntable will be as is, my question is how do i wire it for DCC from what i have read it isnt the split ring type to auto change polarity.

With this in mind i presume an autoreverser will be needed i have in mind the DCC specialities PSX-AR suitable for use with an NCE powercab unlike the cheaper one from them ........... using the diagram below can anyone mark where the track feeds & insulating breaks need to be please

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You shouldn't need any insulated gaps, just wire the two wires from the turntable that are the bridge track power to the output of the autoreverser.

--Randy
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The "in" power can come from any of the approach tracks....Just make sure that all the storage tracks are wired the same as the approach tracks. I used SPST switches to turn the storage tracks on or off. That way I don't have my decoders "hot" all the time.

With that turntable make sure you "fine tune" it as much as possible, The bridge tends to have a lot of "slop", both horizontally and vertically. I had to uninstall mine and get it as close to "good" as I could, but I'm stll pondering whether to get rid of it and put in a "real" one... Nope
Gus (LC&P).
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