Peco PL-55 TURNTABLE MOTOR

Peco are very happy to be able to offer a complementary motor for their popular turntable kits.

Although these were never designed to be motorised it was clear for a long time that modellers have been looking for ways to be able to avoid the use of their hands to turn the deck on their layouts! Now they can offer their very smooth, silent motor, an easy-to-use and simple arrangement that will be perfect for most situations.

This new motor is suitable for all Peco turntables, so that includes the N, OO/HO, O-16.5 (On30), SM-32 and the HOm scale versions. This non-indexing motor (which means that there are no pre-set or programmable settings) means that the modeller can simply line up the deck against the exit or entrance road by eye, and the controls allow for small adjustments should things not align perfectly.

This gives the modeller ultimate flexibility and control, and means that existing turntables on layouts can easily accommodate the new motor without any major track re-laying exercise! Power has to be provided from an independent 12v DC 2 amp supply, but other than that everything needed is included. Operating the motor is straightforward: you press and hold either of the clockwise or anti-clockwise buttons to rotate the deck and release the button when you wish to stop. Operation is extremely smooth. Retro-fitting the motor to an existing turntable in-situ is easy.

The kit is supplied with three mounting fixtures that, when assembled, are glued to the underside of the turntable deck. There is also a special joining collar that links the motor to the central shaft of the turntable deck. Although this is a tight interference fit it is best that this is also glued into place.

Full instructions are included in the kit.

The Gaugemaster GMC-WM5 is the ideal power supply for this motor as it has a 12v DC output rated at 2 amps.