Older Pacific Electric model
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:06 pm
Question for someone. I am restoring a older (early 1960-70's) built Pacific Electric motor model that is in one inch scale. The unit has 4 motors on each axle. The motors have four wires coming from them. The original person wired it with a red, a black, and a green to each truck. I am assuming that the green is ground, the red is positive, and the black is negative.
Here is the odd part: All wires come to a barrier strip. the red form the front truck has the black from the rear truck wired together. The black from the front has the red from the rear tied together. The greens come together. Seems wrong to me. I would assume that red to red, black to black.
There is no writing on the motors themselves. I have attached photos of the trucks. If anyone from the elder group recognizes the motors and can remember who made them, brownie points to you. If you can tell me how to wired this set up as a positive/negative from a controller motor output, even better.
Stumped in Los Angeles.
Here is the odd part: All wires come to a barrier strip. the red form the front truck has the black from the rear truck wired together. The black from the front has the red from the rear tied together. The greens come together. Seems wrong to me. I would assume that red to red, black to black.
There is no writing on the motors themselves. I have attached photos of the trucks. If anyone from the elder group recognizes the motors and can remember who made them, brownie points to you. If you can tell me how to wired this set up as a positive/negative from a controller motor output, even better.
Stumped in Los Angeles.