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Re: ILTCO Article - Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:41:45 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.iltco, Mike Walsh wrote:
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A new article has been contributed the ITLCO web site.
Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
by David ‘Zonker’ Harris of BayLTC.
http://www.iltco.org/library/articleShow.php?articleid=28
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Cool!
One suggestion I’d make - while the top of the connector is in the vice, connect
a standard 9v LEGO wire underneath it. This serves 2 purposes:
- It allows connection of a controller to test the polarity before soldering, by setting the controller and touching the wires to the conductors you can quickly see if polarity is correct, and
- It helps dissipate a little more of the heat from soldering (you should still ensure you apply minimum heat).
Note that although the polarity can be changed by rotating the connector 180
degrees, it’s nice to have it set the same for all leads.
ROSCO
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