It sort of depends on what you want the signal to tell you. Green for straight and yellow for diverging? And secondarily how have you wired the tortoise. And do the WeHonest signals already have resistors or not?I have some tortise switch machines that I would like to attach signals too. Does anyone know of accurate info on how to do this? A schematic
would be fine. These signals are 2 color green and yellow, and are made by WeHonest. 2 lights green and yelllow.
Mike
The WeHonest signals are 3 wire green yellow and black I think I need 4 wire, or am I missing something.It sort of depends on what you want the signal to tell you. Green for straight and yellow for diverging? And secondarily how have you wired the tortoise. And do the WeHonest signals already have resistors or not?
Here is one simple way assuming no pre-wired resistors in the signals. The motor becomes the resistor.
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Not necessarily. Do you know which one is "common"? I would guess black, with yellow for yellow color and green for green color.The WeHonest signals are 3 wire green yellow and black I think I need 4 wire, or am I missing something.
I will try this and get back to you.Not necessarily. Do you know which one is "common"? I would guess black, with yellow for yellow color and green for green color.
That would give something like this.
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Thanks DaveThe Tortise has a a DPDT switch in the contacts, so that's what you have to work with without adding any additional switches.
Generally, one side of the switch power supply would go to the common and then one side of the switch would go to one light and the other side would go to the other light. Which one depends on how the switch is lined and what lights you want to come on when.
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Not likely.Not necessarily. Do you know which one is "common"? I would guess black, with yellow for yellow color and green for green color.
That would give something like this.
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Which is the trouble I am having. Black wire is common. Green wire for green light. Yellow wire for yellow light.So your circuit will only ever work on one of the lights, and the other won't light....
Yup, you are exactly right, I am too used to having independent LEDs to work with. Sorry CGW121 I lead you astray.The signal isn't going to be wired like that with the LEDs in opposite directions. When you've seen circuits like that, it's for wiring a SINGLE bi-polar bi-colour red/green LED, which will light red if power flows one way, or green in the other.