Mikes N gauge Model Railway Part 5 Fitting Locomotech Motorizing Kit to a Peco Turntable 

Glad you are pleased with it Regards Mike

Thanks for your comment and information regarding DPDT switch Philip I will give it a try regards Mike

@@mscangliarailJust remember that the Peco brass Split ring negates the need for any reverse polarity switch when the turntable rotates 180 degrees. It's actually a good design sort of, EXCEPT my bridge rails could never get a nice continuous helping of power, and it was the connectivity of the two spring loaded pins from beneath both rails not making good contact with the brass split ring below them in the turntable well. It was always a hit and miss affair. So fed up in the end, I removed the split brass rings completely and both spring loaded pins from under both rails and fed my own power wires from my DCC bus to beneath the rails on the bridge. The result - brilliant uninterrupted power on the turntable bridge that now obviously requires the switch to reverse the polarity prior to driving the loco off.

Thanks Richard I have tried other motors but they where to noisy I saw this one and it was so quite so i bought it and as i was so pleased with it thought i would do the video glad it was helpful to you Regards Mike

Hi Richard glad you got your turntable working hope you are well Mike

Appreciate your comments hope it helped you Mike

Thanks Dave yes its nice to be able to turn the steam loco's

Hi Richard i am sure if you get stuck Locomotech will help you out looking forward to seeing the results I would have liked indexing but they do not do it for N gauge Mike

Thanks very much Peter for your comment I have only a couple of sound locos so it's not to much of a problem just thought I would point it out so people are aware Regards Mike

Thanks for your comment if you look down the comments people who replied one suggested fitting a thin shim under the contacts and a auto reverser I did not try this as I have only a couple of sound locos Mike

Hi Graham thanks for watching my video.You did not hear a lot of sound as the motor is very quiet like you I asked various people and this one was the quietest .Hope that helps you Regards Mike

Hi Martin thanks for the information regarding the washer/shim .Could i use a dual frog juicer for the auto reverse? .LOCOMOTECH are the manufactures look on there web site and all the information on price ect is there . I am very pleased with the motor it is smooth and very quite

Hi Richard sorry to here your having problems setting up your turntable i am not familiar with Railmaster suggest having a word with them or Locomotec Mike

Hi Richard how have you got on programming it it to the Railmaster Happy Easter it has rained for a week in East Anglia we need some of your sun .

Hi Steve thanks for your interest in my tutorial .I had the same problem as you with some of the turntable motors ,that is why I fitted the Locomotech Kit after watching there Data sheets. Its now over two years since i fitted it and still going well .Hope this helps let me know how you get on Regards Mike

@@mscangliarail Hi Mike - thanks for the quick reply. I'll get a new PECO turntable (my US hobby supplier has them in stock) so I have it ready to go. The Locomotech kits are on back-order so I'll get one when they're back in production and in stock. Thanks again for the advice.

Hi Philip my Locomotech Motorizing Kit extends 4.75 inches from the bottom of the turntable base .Hope this helps .

thanks for that what size capacitor and how and where to fit it ?

Hi Jim thanks for your interest look at Mo Junction video 26 he shows you what to do Mike

sorry should read Milton Mo Jct video 26

Hi Richard sorry you are still having problems is there know one near you to test the decoder ? can you programme the turntable with out the indexing with your power cab.?As i said before i have not used Ralimaster i have had a look on RU-vid but the only one refers to setting the Hornby Turntable Regards Mike

Hi Richard looks like the polarity is wrong on the turntable turn the whole table through 90 degrees and the try it again hope this works Regards Mike

Hi Mike, Do you mean 180?

@@richardswallow1967 Hi Richard how are you getting on with the turntable problem Mike

Haven't tried yet Mike, project at the moment is re wiring under baseboards. Wasn't happy as first attempt although worked , wiring underneath was a bit of a birds nest. Having to make it neater and more uniform. Will let you know how I go. Thanks Richard

Richard Swallow ok Regards Mike

Hi I used a digitrax decoder with leads and just programmed it like you would your locos make sure your locos are isolated or they will have the turntable address.Hope this helps Mike

mscangliarail. Thanks for the reply I assumed you only used the necessary wires in the decoder and sniped the non required ones?

Yes you only need four wire two to the track and two to the motor if you look on my video it will show you this hope this helps you Mike

mscangliarail Would I be able to use a hornby decoder when doing this?