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Re: Non-standard track connections
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:17:52 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERAspamcake.COM
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John Gerlach wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Mario Ferrari writes:
> > Hello everybody,
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> > I have two problems two solve that I imagine many of you guys solved years
> > ago. I used the Lugnet search engine but wasn't able to find the tricks...
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> > 1) How can I electrically insulate a section of tracks, I mean two adiacent
> > tracks not to be electrically connected.
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> > 2) How do I put two tracks very close each other without linking them, as to
> > build a movable bridge or platform etc.
>
> If you're using the 9volt system, just place the tracks 1 stud apart. The
> 9volt trains will jump that gap with no problems at all.
John didn't say which question he was answering. As it turns out, this
trick works BOTH to electrically insulate track sections AND to let them
be mechanically separated.
If you only want electrical insulation your options depend on your
purity. The impure solution is to use a bit of black electrical tape,
cut down, on the rails, which blocks the section of track from
connecting electrically to the next but allows a good mechanical
connection.
Slightly less impure is to use the part of a sticker that is left behind
after you remove the sticker. It typically is already long and thin and
has adhesive already. I will go this impure, I used one for a license
plate on my yellow and blue trucks.
Completely purist is much harder. There is no way of getting mechanical
contact but not electrical without SOME modification, so the "gap by one
stud" option, or two turnouts back to back, is the only way to go.
Hope that helps.
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| John, Larry, Derick... thanks a lot for your help. I think I go with the most impure solutions: electrical tape and exacto knife. This because I don't like to keep the tracks one stud apart. My Lego ethic too doesn't preclude removing parts, after (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 9volt trains will jump that gap with no problems at all. You can kind of see it in this picture, between the grey bascule bridge and the adjoining truss bridge: (URL) bascule section drops down 1 stud apart from the 'fixed' section, it comes (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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