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I usually use a heat sink (such as spring loaded closed tweezers) as well on the rail next to the soldering point to keep the plastic ties intact.

Good points. One addendum to soldering that might be controversial, after doing the prep you recommend - have a small blob of solder on the tip before touching the rail. This is counter to soldering

There are some people who prefer to use as few feeders as possible. Maybe they can't get the feeder attached without melting the ties. Rather than get help (Nashville, TN, I'm hireable), they just

Allan I got it working now. I had to Flip the DCC wires on my cobalt Ip digital machine.? I checked the powered frog today and found no power on the diverging side of the turnout. After I flipped

I agree, we solder drops every three feet (to match flex track lengths) or shorter. Nothing is going to outlast solder connections over time. If we have a short section (less than three feet), the

You are right, John.? Every piece of track should be soldered to something.? Normally that is through feeders to the track bus.? Some people solder the joiners on their curves together.? That's

Agree with you John but there are lots of ways to success and ones environmental conditions may impact. I have over 1,000 feet of track with feeders on every piece or small pieces have soldered

I may have missed an earlier part of this discussion, but I have always thought that each piece of rail should have a feeder And don’t rely on joiners for Electrical feed

Tom, Go to my website for a variety of ways you can configure a reversing section when a wye is involved: https://www.wiringfordcc.com/track_2.htm#c3 Do NOT use a home wire with a reversing

Hello All I have a track that stops at the next block? ?This is a large triangle connected by 3 turnouts. My engine runs thru two of the three turnouts with no issues. I know it is a reverse

Ken, Have you tested Sanchem on "joiners in flex track - around curves"?? My experience is that even relatively short sections of flex track expand and contract enough to "loosen" rail joiners to

I would like to suggest Sanchem No-Ox-Id A grease for rail joiners instead of soldering.? This grease was designed to prevent oxidation and keep contaminants out of electrical connections.? It has

... in addition to what Allan posted - one thing most guys don't seem to understand is that the feeder wires from the layout to the bus does not have to be all one gauge. If you -need- truly long

I'd suggest a digitrax group instead of one on wiring, because no wiring is going to influence what you see. Wouter [email protected]> wrote:

As someone who has worked on a working layout that was built years ago, this is critical. Your rail joiners will eventually fail and will fail faster if you paint the track. (Which really helps the

Hi folks: I have a small HO scale model railway (12 x 8) . I use only a single DCS51. One power section, no fancy stuff. In the DCS51 manual it states that CV3 and CV4 are limited to a 0-31 range for

... Oh, yes - every physical piece of rail has a soldered track feeder ...

Hi, My "best practice" is to isolate all 3 legs of the turnouts (double gaps) and then power the turnout and the tracks feeding off of it using separate power bus and feeders. The 'approaches' to

Go to my website at: wiringfordcc.com/track_2.htm#feeder_experiment ( https://wiringfordcc.com/track_2.htm#feeder_experiment ) I conducted a test and determined the maximum length for each feeder

I'll use the dropper method. Since the droppers will be longer, do I need a different wire guage than 22? Is there a list of different guages for different lengths since I'll have different lengths?