TrainLine 45 point motor - auxiliary switch

[PhilP]

Mods move this if there is a more suitable location please..

Is there any information out there about the microswitch that can be fitted to these?
I am after specification (and source) of switches. Plus any hints and wrinkles on fitting them.
Thanks in advance,
PhilP.

 

[Gizzy]

Interesting post Phil.

I have a TL point motor and I'd be interested to know if it can be upgraded by fitting an auxillary microswitch to operate a colour light signal....

 

[PhilP]

It definitely can.. There is space for the switch, but you have to drill the case for the wires apparently..
I have tried the TL45 website, but I did French, not German!

I will give Glendale a ring. See what they say.

 

[Gizzy]

It definitely can.. There is space for the switch, but you have to drill the case for the wires apparently..
I have tried the TL45 website, but I did French, not German!

I will give Glendale a ring. See what they say.

I've just e-mailed Glendale Phil? Await their reply, but if you hear before I do, then please share the knowledge....

 

[Gizzy]

I had a look here Phil;

http://www.train-line45.de/

Go to Gleis Messing, Then Weichen, then Zubehor fur Weichen.

There is a microswitch for energising the frog, part no 1020019 costing 4 euros. It looks like a fairly standard switch available from the likes of Maplin or RS to me, and it's just really getting one that meets the voltage and current specification that you require....

 

[PhilP]

TL part number 20019 £3.20 each.
Push fit onto a couple of lugs inside the housing..
Once I get the nod, I will order some and report back..
PhilP.

 

[Gizzy]

Just had an e-mail from Glendale confirming a microswitch can be fitted to the TL motor I have, so I'm hunting around the workshop for one so I can experiment....

 

[ntpntpntp]

I agree with Gizzy - looks like the standard type of switch that Maplin sell for £2.09 should fit. Blowing up the small image on trainline's website, their offering seems to be rated 5A 25VAC or 3A 50VAC. Maplin's is 3A 250VAC. Got to be worth a try for a couple of quid if you've got a Maplin shop nearby?

In the past I've used the Maplin microswitches to replace dead ones in LGB point motor accessory switches.

 

[Gizzy]

In the past I've used the Maplin microswitches to replace dead ones in LGB point motor accessory switches.

How easy is it to replace these Nick? One of my LGB accessory switches has a faulty microswitch & although it is not in use as yet, it might be needed in the future....

 

[ntpntpntp]

Dead simple Gizzy, although looking at the one I've found for this photo I may be wrong about the origin of the microswitches - they may be smaller ones than the Maplin ones? If not Maplin then they probably came from ebay!

Anyway, the original microswitches have right-angle pcb-mount contacts. Just snip out the old one leaving the contacts connected to the PCB, and solder in the new one. I used a couple of small brass nuts and bolts to secure. You may also need to trim a mm or so from the end of the lever.
Both switches have been replaced on the example below:

 

[Gizzy]

Thanks Nick.

I had a PM from Neil earlier explaining that he files away the head of the rivets that hold the switch in place. He leaves the 'tail' of the rivet to locate the new one.

I will use a combination of your's and Neil's techniques I reckon? On my faulty one, it's the springy metal lever that has come adrift from the plastic body of the switch....

 

[PhilP]

Follow-up on this:
I got some from Glendale (the Trainline ones) and some from Maplins.
Both will fit, but both are easier to fit if you 'ease' the beginning of the wholes in the switch with a suitable drill-bit to give a 'lead' for the moulded pegs in the case.
You also have to give the operating lever on the micro-switch a severe bending to get it to be operated by the TL point-motor.
I used the Massoth 6V regulator module to supply DC locally to the switch, the power picked off the track (or in my case a separate DCC bus-wire for point-control.. This gives the option of switching the whole layout from DCC to analogue, but still controlling points from the DCC system. - Best of both worlds!

I will try to get some pictures without the flash wiping out the detail and post them once I work out how on t'new forum software.