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  Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power
 
(...) That is somewhat of a pain, for a while now I have been creating leads to "custom" lengths by cutting up the longer one you mention and reattaching connectors from shorter leads to the new segments. This seems to be remarkably easy once you (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power
 
(...) What I've done for a couple of point motors is cut a short cable in half, then attached a Maplin 'battery connector' to each end. These are fairly tiny flat rectangular plugs with a pin and a socket side-by-side. They're discrete, and hold (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power
 
(...) into (...) Exactly the same here, and indeed they can be a little deformed at the end of the process, although it doesn't matter much. Using something very flat like tweezers or the end of a small penknife may be better than a flat end (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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