Cobalt-SS
Preparing pointwork for best performance
We have used PECO Electrofrog Pointwork for our example
as many Cobalt-SS users use them on their layout.
Using other brands? No problem. ANY brand of live frog point
can be wired like this, giving superior power pickup and slow
speed reliability every time in any scale!
PREPARE THE TIE-BAR
Use Cobalt and Alpha products for turnout or layout control and nothing is impossible any more!
The complete range of Cobalt & Alpha
products can be found on our website at
www.dccconcepts.com
Cobalt-SS is very economical for controlling crossovers,
loops and similar arrangements, as a Cobalt-SS Control
board can control two or more motors on each output.
And... as well as a “Change direction switch” on the Control
board, (marked CW ~ CCW on the Control Board) we have
included some useful 3-way adapter leads with every pack.
There is 1 in the 2 pack, 2 in the 6 pack and 4 in the 12 pack)
Our plug-and-play leads allow easy distance extension, an
extension for a motor with swapped direction and simple “Wye”
or Y-connnection of two motors to any Control PCB output.
DCP-CBXO:
2x Cobalt-SS Motors, Plus 1x 50mm Y connection
lead, 1x 50mm “Swap direction” lead and 2x medium extension
leads for simple plug & play connection of loops or crossovers.
DCP-CBULL:
A pack of 3x 1 metre long universal extension
leads with a 3-way adapter to extend, Wye and reverse connect.
DCP-CBUML:
A pack of 3x 600mm medium universal extension
leads with 3-way adapter to extend, Wye & reverse connect.
DCP-CBYSL:
A pack of 3x short (50mm) Y (Wye) connector
leads for easy parallel connection of two Cobalt-SS motors.
DCP-CBRSL:
A pack of 3x short (50mm) “Swap direction”
leads for simple plug & play parallel connection for Cobalt-SS
motors with one normal, one working in the reverse direction.
DCP-CBSSL:
A pack of 3x 1 metre simple extension leads for
easy plug and play extendion of Cobalt-SS motor leads.
DCP-CBSML:
A pack of 3x 600mm simple extension leads for
easy plug and play extendion of Cobalt-SS motor leads.
DCP-CB4WC:
6 Metres of Cobalt-SS 4-wire colour-coded
ribbon cable for extending the leads on Cobalt-SS motors.
Complete with heat-shrink. (Requires you to cut wires, so it is
only or those modellers who do not mind soldering).
DCP-CBLLP:
This pack contains a wide variety of parts to
allow you to drive your pointwork with Cobalt-SS mounted at a
distance. Pack includes Brass & Teflon tube, Phosphor bronze
wire, some cranks and a selection of screws and linkages.
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Cobalt-SS
Loops, Crossovers & Special Wiring
Connect more than one DCCconcepts
Cobalt
-
SS
motors to any Control Board output
All our examples use live or “Electrofrog” pointwork. For best and most reliable layout performance we recommend you
follow the instructions on our website. Search for “Wiring Pointwork & Special track conditions for DC or DCC”. Read Page 2.
FOR LOOPS or where both motors should work in the same direction:
Please use the WYE or Y-connection outputs on the DCP-CBUML or DCP-CBULL universal extension leads. Alter-
nately if the distance between the Cobalt-SS motors is small, you may prefer to utiliese the DCP-CBYSL short adapter
FOR CROSSOVERS or where both motors should work in OPPOSITE directions:
Use the REVERSE connection outputs of the DCP-CBUML or DCP-CBULL universal
extension leads.
Or, if the distance is
small you can use
DCP-CBRSL short
adapter leads.
Do you need to make THREE Cobalt-SS Motors work together?
With Cobalt-SS that’s easy. Just use two adapter boards together
to achieve the motor throw directions needed. Each motor output
on a Cobalt-SS Control Board can easily cope with three motors.
Cobalt-SS needs a small hole at the
end of the tie-bar but with Peco you
may not have to drill! Just use some
fine cutters OR a sharp scalpel blade
to remove just the small vertical pin.
As the pin is hollow, this will leave a
small hole ready for you to use with
your choice of Cobalt-SS Linkages.
CUT the FROG LINKS and BOND the Stock-rails to the Closure rails.
This is NOT an issue related to Cobalt-SS... but it will greatly improve the
overall performance and reliability of your layout and is “Best Practice”.
The frog links to be cut are shown in yellow.
They should be cut with
sharp track cutters or similar. It will make it easier if you first lift the link
slightly with a small screwdriver or similar.
The places to add the bonds are shown in RED.
Use a short length
of fine solid wire as a conductive bond between the places shown. If you
use our S179 Solder and No-Clean SFNC flux it’s a quick, easy soldering job.
Frog Wire. Connect
to Cobalt-SS Board
Cut this Link
Bond the Stock Rail and the
Closure Rail together
Bond the Stock Rail and the
Closure Rail together
Cut this Link
Remove the spring
Do you need MORE of our realistic Westinghouse EP motors?
DCP-WEP-N 12 pcs N-Scale Westinghouse EP turnout motors
DCP-WEP-OO 12 pcs OO or HO Scale Westinghouse EP turnout motors
DCP-WEP-O 12 pcs O-Scale Westinghouse EP turnout motors
