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vinjack142
07-31-2006, 07:34 AM
Has anyone out there wired a brake system to their Tomy track using the wall wart supplied with the race set so a controler with a brake can be used? If so where does the brake wire tap into? :confused:

AfxToo
07-31-2006, 08:13 AM
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SwamperGene
07-31-2006, 09:32 AM
Remember that if you have a polarity-sensitive controller, you will only be able to run in one direction.

Manning
07-31-2006, 06:45 PM
Wiring schematic with reversing switches. I adapted it for individual wall warts for my track. Works great.

http://www.professormotor.com/wiringschematic3.shtml

AfxToo
07-31-2006, 07:24 PM
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SwamperGene
07-31-2006, 08:05 PM
Sorry there AFXToo, I was correct when I posted, prior to the PM schematic link (which is the same one I used on my own track) or any mention of reversing switches. If you used the Tomy terminal track and your correct brake idea, if you had a positive-gate controller you would have to run the track clockwise. The normal Tyco and Tomy sets, dominantly run counter-clockwise, use a negative gate setup to do so.

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AfxToo
08-01-2006, 07:20 AM
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SwamperGene
08-01-2006, 09:10 AM
No problem AFXToo, I had just figured the warning was appropriate as the original post does make it sound like it was going to be done through the standard terminal track.

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vinjack142
02-19-2007, 09:14 AM
[QUOTE=vinjack142]Has anyone out there wired a brake system to their Tomy track using the wall wart supplied with the race set so a controler with a brake can be used? If so where does the brake wire tap into? :confused

Tomy wall warts usually have a solid black wire and a black wire with a white strip. Make sure the arrow indicator on the track terminal plug is pointing in the direction you want the cars to travel. Using a volt meter, verify which wire is positive and which wire is negative. Then follow the diagram posted. My club has been running box stock to SS ceramic magnet cars on this for a year with out any problems.