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Hi All,

Just curious, I'm wiring up a series of SEEP point motors and I have one that's a 3 way point, so two motors are used, that's fine. I then saw a Double Slip for sale on Ebay and when I looked at the Peco layout diagram and wondered how would you fir point motors to that. Is there a special designed one?
As I say - just curious - not planning to get one.

Best Rgds,
Dave R.

One explanation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T8PAI19hmM

When I installed three single slips on my layout it took me ages to get the wiring right. Like in the video I was linking the slips to adjoining points. I don't use the Mega system but my points/slips are all controlled by Cobalt dcc motors and the NCE Powercab. So to get it right I drew out on paper the different "routes" I wanted and created a macro on the Powercab for each route. All well and good till it came to the wiring! In the end I got so frustrated that I just kept swapping wire pairs over till it all worked! To complicate matters further I had created a small "dead" section ahead of the slips on the main lines to prevent a running main liner from crashing into slip points set against it. These are controlled by relays which are powered by the internal switches of the Cobalt. A very satisfying moment when I got all eight macros to work correctly but it take me several hours of cursing and crawling

Hi Ian S,

That Youtube link you put up is fantastic and explains the whole deal plainly and clearly. Thanks for that

Best Rgds,
Dave R.