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Subject:	Re: NALUG a hit at the Great Edmonton Train Show Sept 22-23, 2001
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.nalug
Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2001 18:01:52 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, James Brown writes: > Electrical tape. A bit of electrical tape to break the conductivity between > adjoined track sections, and multiple controllers per loop. (I strongly > recommend that anyone doing this *label* their controllers, else it becomes > confusing... we had 8 controllers at GETS - 4 for track, 4 for other powered > gizmos) If you're looking for an easy way to label the controllers, just use 2x2 tiles or plates. You can put two on the track power connectors where they connect to the track, one on the end of the 9volt wire, and a couple on the studs of each speed regulator. The GMLTC does this for all our 9volt connections, including the ones going to/from the RCXs. Since most of our wires are built into each section, it would be quite difficult to figure out which one goes where! JohnG, GMLTC

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		Re: NALUG a hit at the Great Edmonton Train Show Sept 22-23, 2001
(...) That's a great idea, although not what we used; I printed 1/2 pages of our track plan with the relevant section of track highlighted; it worked really well. I just suggested to some of our fancy-device types that they could use the tile (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

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		Re: NALUG a hit at the Great Edmonton Train Show Sept 22-23, 2001
(...) Easily enough; we can't even claim credit for the idea (though I don't recall who we stole it from): Electrical tape. A bit of electrical tape to break the conductivity between adjoined track sections, and multiple controllers per loop. (I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

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