DCC points & signals question...

[billyboy]

Hi lads,

    I bought a Prodigy Advance accessory decoder a few years back and finally getting around to plugging it into the DCC bus to run a few points .

 

I have what I think are twin coil Peco point motors that were from an older DC layout built by the Father of a lad I know.

 

Anyway I have the motors working on a test rig but what I want to do is if possible put on signal  lights I also inherited from the same guy into the mix.

So far as I can see the motors are activated by a pulse signal  to flip the points  and there isn't a  constant 12V\16V pushing through to power the lights  which I think would be about right .

It will work with slow motion point motors & signal lights  according to the manual .

 

Anybody know a way around this?

I'm an electrical novice so may be missing something blazingly obvious.

Thanks,

Bill

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by billyboy
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[RobertRoche]

One method would be to install microswitches under the point, either operated by the throwbar or by some part of the point motor. The switches would be on-off and could be used to switch a sepperate 12V power supply to LED lamps. Make your own mounts or buy them if you can find ones to fit your motors - example here: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/233325153647