06-26-2010, 09:49 AM
This section of the layout has four track drops. I did each of them as the first, then routed them into the j-box.
This section of the layout also has an electromagnet, so need to extend the e-mag bus out of the box also. I am using 4-conductor #18 for that, the red cable. Everything is color coded - red jacket is e-mag wiring, white jacket is track power.
The e-mag bus wiring was hiding up in the j-box, so pulled that out -
The e-mag bus is #12 - took a small piece of insulation off each wire, wrapped the feeder wires onto them, ready for solder:
Soldered and insulated with tape. An old electrician's trick is to put the first wrap on backwards, sticky side out. That way, if it is ever necessary to remove the tape, just make a parallel cut into the tape and it will come right off, without leaving a gunky sticky mess on the wire.
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This section of the layout also has an electromagnet, so need to extend the e-mag bus out of the box also. I am using 4-conductor #18 for that, the red cable. Everything is color coded - red jacket is e-mag wiring, white jacket is track power.
The e-mag bus wiring was hiding up in the j-box, so pulled that out -
The e-mag bus is #12 - took a small piece of insulation off each wire, wrapped the feeder wires onto them, ready for solder:
Soldered and insulated with tape. An old electrician's trick is to put the first wrap on backwards, sticky side out. That way, if it is ever necessary to remove the tape, just make a parallel cut into the tape and it will come right off, without leaving a gunky sticky mess on the wire.
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