Hi Super,
Are you planning to use these new lighting packs on the layout rather than in the coaches? Sorry my misunderstanding if so, but still good options for providing building lights and stuff without loads of trailing wires etc...
Reed switches are momentary on/off or multi-pole depending on the type you get. You can get them either as on or off as the default value which then flops when you apply the magnet. Although you also get two pole versions, in that you have one lead going in and two coming out, without the magnet one out lead will be live, with the magnet the other out lead will be live instead. So the latter could be used say for dual colour signal lights or something, so you could have red as default and green when a magnet is in the right place. I'm sure there could be far more uses as well, but that is just what springs to mind
Are you planning to use these new lighting packs on the layout rather than in the coaches? Sorry my misunderstanding if so, but still good options for providing building lights and stuff without loads of trailing wires etc...
Reed switches are momentary on/off or multi-pole depending on the type you get. You can get them either as on or off as the default value which then flops when you apply the magnet. Although you also get two pole versions, in that you have one lead going in and two coming out, without the magnet one out lead will be live, with the magnet the other out lead will be live instead. So the latter could be used say for dual colour signal lights or something, so you could have red as default and green when a magnet is in the right place. I'm sure there could be far more uses as well, but that is just what springs to mind
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(This post was last modified: 12-08-2021, 02:22 PM by Super.)