I am starting to work on a small N-scale layout (Carolina Central). I call for or recommends making a small control panel by utilizing an electrical box covered by a plain swith cover. Three toggle swithes are mounted in the switch cover along with the plug-in jack/outlet. I am wondering what size the plug-in jack/outlet needs to be in this cover to be able to wire the toggles to.
your question is a little vague… what are these toggle switches for?
if its for track power (on DC) you can probably get by with a 1/4" headphone jack. if it’s for something more complex (a number of switch macines that shouldn’t fire all at once) you might need a 4 or 6 (or more) prong connector…
Sorry for being vague. I’m kind of new at this. Yes the toggles are for DC track power for blocks of track. I am just going by the directionsa and pictures/diagrams in the book, but it doesn’t say anything about the size of outlet/jack in the little control panel. There are a couple single pole-single throw toggles and one single pole-duoble throw toggle. Thank you for the patience and help. I’m thinking this is probably something I can pick up at a radio shack or something. If you have any other ideas of where I could get a jack like this I would appreciate the thoughts.
Sounds like the jack would be used for plug in tethered DC throttle. Do you plan on running from this panel (cab)? If so, and don’t require the walkaround throttle, don’t bother with it.
You say you are fairly new at this. As you become more involved you may want to go with DCC control of your trains, making this particular jack obsolete.