To all Atlas turnout users,
Does anybody know of a supplier who makes a CDU for H.O. scale turnout motors that is made in the USA. All of the ones that I find on our favorite auction site are either made in the U.K or Austraila.
I perfer “Made in the USA”
NYCentral54
I always made mine. All it takes is a good big capacitor, say 5000 mfd or more. And a modest transformer and rectifier to charge it. Make sure your charging voltage is less than the voltage rating on your capacitor.
I’m confused (as usual) The title suggesst you you looking for a capacitor discharge unit to control your turnout motors. Your text suggests it’s the motors themselves.
Rix Rax is still made in the USA https://rixproducts.com/product/rix-rax-flat/
You can power it with the Snapper
Circuitron info page says they make the Tortoise here, they probably make everything here.
Mine’s made in the USA. A couple of resistors and a couple of capacitors. It’s about as simple an electronic circuit you can build that has any real function. The breadboard and fancy screw terminals cost me more than the circuit itself.
https://www.dccconcepts.com/manual/owners-manual-cobalt-cdu-2-power-supply/
Mel
My Model Railroad
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Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Cobalt stuff is made in the UK.
A CD supply is one of the simplest beginenr electronic circuits to make. Very few parts, very few connections. Then, not only is is made in the USA, you even know who made it. I built one in the late 70’s for my N scale layout I had then, got tired of spending my money to repalce switch motors. I was 11 or 12. But it was easy to go to Radio Shack and get the aprts. no need to mail order or anything.
–Randy
it my be [home]made in the usa, but most of the parts will be from china, lol
Not to mention the raw materials like petroleum products and mined metal(s) Oh the horror of it all![(-D]
I made mine out of scrap box parts years ago. The Snapper is quite nice.
Rich
Hello All,
Welcome to the age of globally produced and sourced electronic components.
I use the PECO CDUs- -proudly manufactured in the U.K.- -according to them.
Available here in the U.S.A.
I have a pair of PECO turnout motors (solenoid type) in parallel leading to the #2 sets of turnouts for the wye, the lower coal loading, and the upper unloading sidings on my pike.
The wall wart couldn’t supply enough oomph to throw both PECO motors simultaneously. There were no problems throwing 2 Atlas motors simultaneiously.
I split the 20 some turnout motors into two districts and assigned each district to a single CDU. (Some have said this is overkill and a single CDU would suffice.)
Yes, I could have DYI’d my own but I’ve got enough projects on my bench. I didn’t need to add another to the “waitlist”.
I understand this is not the solution you were hoping for, but…
Hope this helps.