lgb 12010 switch motor

Dan,
Do a web-search for N20 gear motor..

These are available in many different motor-voltages, gear-ratios, and final-drive arrangements..

Many people use them for smaller gauge loco's, or even road vehicles.

PhilP

Son of a gun, I use those all the time for animations and such. I just never took notice of the nomenclature.
 
Those wires are from the screw terminals which are inside the unit.
Pictures 4 in the listing, shows the connections for frog switching..

I am lmpressed by the thought which has gone into keeping water out of it.
But it uses a N10 (or N20) gear-motor, and I wonder about their longevity in a British climate?

PhilP
Yes see that now, looks good but yes be interesting to see how the motor survives not only in British but North America and much of Germany plus Switzerland as well. Plus no doubt other countries with cold damp freezing winters.
 
I was looking for EPL 12010 switch drives and came across this. Has anyone seen one of these in person ?

Those are made by MD Electronics in Germany. They produce one for regular AC operation and another version with the built-in DCC decoder like I sell here in the USA. You can more cheaply buy the LGB switch motors, maybe even find used ones on eBay.

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Those are made by MD Electronics in Germany. They produce one for regular AC operation and another version with the built-in DCC decoder like I sell here in the USA. You can more cheaply buy the LGB switch motors, maybe even find used ones on eBay.

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Would they work on strait DC ? I have devised a remote control system whereby I power the switch and a receiver with 12 VDC from a Li-On battery. I know LGB point motors can be DC driven, I was just wondering if these would too.
 
Would they work on strait DC ? I have devised a remote control system whereby I power the switch and a receiver with 12 VDC from a Li-On battery. I know LGB point motors can be DC driven, I was just wondering if these would too.
Most DCC decoders can also be operated with DC analog power and I recall this to be the case with these MDE switch drives. But I've also attached the User Guide that you can review yourself.
 

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