| RedEar,
If you're going to chat about the "Power Within Elroy," please post it on this thread for the obvious reasons...
Well, I have a bunch of pictures of the re-wiring of Elroy's driverside DC control and distro panels.
Not only does this have to work under all conditions; it also has to look good and be easy to deal with during potential repairs and such.
Yeah, we had to redo the work that was done a while back because it didn't work right and the wiring was a bit messy I'm afraid. IMHO, there's no real problem about re-doing work that could be done better. I would rather spend the extra bread to rewire or replace than to try to make a messy job work. Economics should not come into play when you're fabricating a system like this. It has to be right from the start and that is that.
Here are the first two pictures from the set of shots I took.
Here you will find the front and back of the (18 circuit) switch panel. These toggle switches have LEDs that are isolated from the switch movement so you can connect the switch's LED to the output of the relay. This setup confirms that DC voltage is getting to the light or DC device. The two warning light circuits for the dual expanding walls are wired after the relay and flasher device so the LED at the end of the switch will also flash showing you that the circuit is working properly. |