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Extremely Simple Under-Layout Mounting and all Linkage is included. Dimensions: 2” x 2” x 3 1/4” See below for alternate mounting options.
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Part No. 800-6000 VALUE PACKS 6-Pack 800-6006 12-Pack 800-6012 |
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· ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DESIGN granted Circuitron a US Patent! Lowest Current Drain Switch Machine Available (4 ma. during operation, 15—16 ma. at stall). Motor stalls at each end of throw—No Cutoff Contacts Necessary. Precision Engineered Gear-Drive Mechanism (superior to screw-drive machines). Enclosed Construction. Constant Tension on the Switch Points. · ULTRA-SIMPLE MOUNTING! No Additional Brackets or Linkage Necessary. Fulcrum adjusts for use in all Scales - Z to G. |
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FEATURES |
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· PROTOTYPICAL SLOW MOTION ACTION! 3 Seconds to Complete Throw. · CONVENIENT AUXILIARY CONTACTS! 2 Sets SPDT Provided for Powering the Frog or Signals. · SIMPLIFIED WIRING! · ALSO IDEAL FOR GRADE CROSSING GATES AND SEMAPHORES! · UNPRECEDENTED 9 YEAR WARRANTY! |
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A thin, precise, laser-cut plastic template for use in assisting when multiple TORTOISE™ or SMAIL™ switch machines are to be installed in the standard under-layout configuration. 800-6190 Tortoise™ Drilling Template |
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Extra Cable and Actuator for RTM The CIRCUITRON Remote Tortoise™ Mount is capable of driving up to 2 cables and actuators at the same time, thus allowing a single Tortoise™ to actuate two sets of points simultaneously, such as for crossover use. However, we generally recommend that if you have the room to mount a pair of TORTOISEs™ conventionally, it will only cost you a couple dollars more and the labor for conventional mounting is substantially less. 800-6101 Extra Cable & Actuator –RTM |
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Tortoise™ Accessories |
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RTM—Remote Tortoise™ Mount |
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The CIRCUITRON Remote Tortoise™ Mount consists of a molded base mechanism to which the Tortoise™ (not included) is mounted. An adjustable lever arm is fastened onto the Tortoise™ output and drives a stainless steel wire inside a flexible teflon tube, much like a sub-miniature choke cable. This thin wire attaches to a compact actuator mechanism and is mounted beneath the turnout. It includes a spring wire and brass tube to transmit the motion to the points above. The mounting bracket (with Tortoise™) may be secured in any position and up to 18” away from the turnout points—even above the layout inside a structure, if desired. The points actuating mechanism requires 1/2” clearance under the turnout sub-roadbed. The RTM is fully adjustable for all scales and brands of turnouts. 800-6100 RTM Remote Tortoise™ Mount |
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Tortoise™ Drilling Template |
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Mounting bracket and drive mechanism utilize the TORTOISE™ (not included) and a special drive wire cable assembly to remotely actuate any crossing gate, train order board or upper/lower quadrant semaphore signal having a vertical control wire extending below the layout. Signals of this type include ones manufactured by NJ International, Tomar and others. There are fully adjustable, precise, stops provided at both ends of travel for excellent repeatability. The total travel can be adjusted between 0.1” and 0.7” for use in all scales. Can drive 2 cables from the one mechanism, if desired, by adding the 8101 for dual crossing gate installations. 3 position Semaphore control can be achieved with the addition of the SD-2 Semaphore Driver.
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TORTOISE™ INSTRUCTION SHEET |
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SOME RECENT CHANGES Late in 2019, a couple of major changes occurred with the TORTOISE™. After 34 years, our supplier for the special, very low current motor used in the machine shut down their production, causing us to scramble to find a new motor supplier. Fortunately, we were successful and the new company matched all our old specifications so that TORTOISE™ performance has not been affected. You should notice no difference between older and current machines.
In addition, our circuit board manufacturer told us our tooling was worn out and they wanted an exorbitant price to replace it. We decided to find a new source and were successful. The new circuit boards are made of FR-4 epoxy laminate and are GREEN on both sides. This provides easy identification of the newer boards, but other than appearance and quality, the new boards are very similar to the ones we have been using for 34 years. Except for a couple things. The new boards have a wider, industry standard connection flange (contact spacing remains the same at 0.156”) whereas the older tan boards were undersized. This may create problems if you are trying to fit a new TORTOISE™ into an older undersized edge connector. But they will fit fine in any industry standard 8 position edge connector (see our ZipZ™ below). In addition, we took the opportunity to change the hole spacing and added a new row of holes as well. This will allow the use of Molex style connectors as well as the 3.81mm spaced terminal blocks that CIRCUITRON already sells and uses on our SMAIL™. |
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Solderless Connection System for the TORTOISE™ and SMAIL™ |
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AC Adapter 110 volt AC wall plug adapter outputs filtered 12 volts DC at up to 500 milliamps of current. Sufficient to power up to 30 TORTOISE™ Switch Machines. Also ideal for powering many of CIRCUITRON’s electronic circuits when a filtered DC power source is specified. 800-7212 AC Adapter |
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Now you can make all connections to your TORTOISE™ or SMAIL™ using just a small flat blade screwdriver. 800-6601 ZipZ™ Pkg. 1 800-6606 ZipZ™ Pkg. 6 800-6616 ZipZKIT Pkg. 6 Parts Only—Soldering Required |
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RSA—Remote Signal Activator |
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Actual Size 1.0” x 2.1” |
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Parts are shown in color for clarity, normally all black |
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800-8100 RSA Remote Signal Activator 800-8101 Extra Cable & Actuator-RSA |