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Re: GMLTC Update
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 22 Jul 2002 01:11:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> Fairly easy to make your own:
> 1. Cut a 1m cable in half.
> 2. Take one half and shorten one of the two wires at the end by two inches.
> 3. Solder a reed switch to the ends so it lies along the cable.
> 4. Put some heat shrink over it all.
> 5. Scrape/file/melt the middle 8 studs off a 2x6 plate.
> 6. Epoxy the switch onto it.
> 7. Mount it lengthways across two sleepers, or centered on one sleeper of a
> curve.
> 8. Check a train motor can just clear it.
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> Some people like to put a series resistor on it, but I've never had any
> trouble with just a switch.
>
> Jason J Railton
You make it sound so easy... <grin>
Do you have to orient it a certain direction? Knowing my luck I'd install
it upside down or something...
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) It's not too hard. I'm rubbish at soldering - I always overheat things. This worked fairly well though. Heat shrink is easy to use too - just bring it near heat like a haridryer, lighter, or cooker hob to tighten it. You have to lay the reed (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Fairly easy to make your own: 1. Cut a 1m cable in half. 2. Take one half and shorten one of the two wires at the end by two inches. 3. Solder a reed switch to the ends so it lies along the cable. 4. Put some heat shrink over it all. 5. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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