I used 8 postition barrier strips centrally located
near groups of feeder wires. bus wire comes to one
side of strip which has 14 gauge wire wrapped from one
post to the other all the way down on that side and
next bus wire leading off either side which allows be
to put up to 14 feeders of each one using lugs. I use
one strip for each polairity and NO soldering at bus
wires involved. Hasn't seemed to detract from the
performance at all. But don't go beyond the 30' limit
for main bus lines. Biggest hassle here is making
sure you have the right feeder wire for the particular
side of the bus. I color coded one feeder wire with
red nail polish and hooked it up to red bus line. My
bus lines are all 14 gauge wire...red and green. It's
a tad more expensive but it's a lot easier to undo a
screw if you make a mistake than trying to unsolder a
bunch of wires looking for the right one. You can
also buy terminal joiners for the barrier strips that
do the same thing as wrapping all the screws on one
side with wire but they cost almost as much as the
barrier strip..safety wise i would think barrier
strips would be the safest way to do it as you don't
have bare hot wires where you can get zapped....just
an idea...hope it helps....if you need more detail
email me at zekda99@...
mt
--- Ken <kenkal@...> wrote:
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Forgot to answer this part:
The trick is to NOT put your face under the solder
connection. Or
legs. or arms. or fingers. or whatever. Just keep
your self off to
the side a little bit and your arms near parallel with
the connection
to be soldered so that if solder does drop, it falls
to the floor.
Ken
--- In WiringForDCC@..., "Jerry Goodwin"
<jerrygoodwin@y...> wrote:
.> And how do you avoid dripping hot solder on your
face?
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