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Offline flyboyaviator  
#1 Posted : 01 January 2021 21:09:45(UTC)
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Just purchase a vintage Marklin Model #2975, unfortunately it came with wiring. Is an HO the analog transformer is a 10VA with 3 holes yellow, red and brown I think. Can some one help me find replacement place that can supply these items. I want to give this to my grandson.s. Thanking you for any help you can redner
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#2 Posted : 02 January 2021 00:03:10(UTC)
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Just purchase a vintage Marklin Model #2975, unfortunately it came with wiring. Is an HO the analog transformer is a 10VA with 3 holes yellow, red and brown I think. Can some one help me find replacement place that can supply these items. I want to give this to my grandson.s. Thanking you for any help you can redner


I assume you mean it came without wiring. However, are you saying that you opened up the transformer and there is no internal wiring to the yellow, brown and red terminal posts or are you asking what external wiring needs to be added to power the track? I assume you mean the external wiring, but since you are asking for replacement wiring to supply the terminals, it is better to ask what you mean.
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#3 Posted : 02 January 2021 01:12:47(UTC)
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the wiring that is needed to connect the transformer to the track.
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#4 Posted : 02 January 2021 09:31:51(UTC)
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red and brown connect to the track. The ac voltage (train speed) is controlled by the knob. Actually brown is a common ground on these old transformers. Yellow and brown are fixed ac voltage of about 15V. It is used for lights and to power accessories like switches, signals, uncoupler tracks, etc. through the appropriate control box(s).
Phil S.
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#5 Posted : 02 January 2021 10:45:01(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: flyboyaviator Go to Quoted Post
Just purchase a vintage Marklin Model #2975, unfortunately it came with wiring. Is an HO the analog transformer is a 10VA with 3 holes yellow, red and brown I think. Can some one help me find replacement place that can supply these items. I want to give this to my grandson.s. Thanking you for any help you can redner

One of the straight tracks should contain a red and a brown wire soldered to it. Check the contents again...

The brown wire goes to the metal trackbed/ballast.
The red goes to the centerstrip of pukos.
The yellow connector is not used in this case.

Normally you can do these connections yourself, but if it is a gift to a child, you might want to get replacement items #5111, #5131, #5103.
Either should be fairly easy to come by..
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#6 Posted : 02 January 2021 16:24:47(UTC)
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Thanks PMpeter, Phils2um, hxmeisa for your help,I'll getting busy trying to buys these parts, thank you very much, Happy New Year.
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#7 Posted : 02 January 2021 17:35:27(UTC)
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Thanks PMpeter, Phils2um, hxmeisa for your help,I'll getting busy trying to buys these parts, thank you very much, Happy New Year.


Please note that you only need one of those feeder tracks recommended, not all 3. Also if you ever plan on going digital you would not want the feeder track 5131 because you would need to cut out the supplied capacitor.

Also if you have a good soldering iron and soldering skills you could always make your own feeder track. Since you live in California you should have access to a Frys electronics store and could obtain a small pack of #22AWG stranded red and stranded brown (or black if brown is not available) wire, solder the red underneath a piece of track to the centre rail and the brown (or black) to the outer rail metal. (assuming you have M track, not K or C) The other end then is connected to the corresponding red and brown terminals of your transformer.
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#8 Posted : 02 January 2021 18:06:55(UTC)
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Thanks PMPeter, I should clarify that the Hollywood I live is in Florida, one more question , the tracks don't seem to have any attachment points for the wires.
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#9 Posted : 02 January 2021 18:59:29(UTC)
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Thanks PMPeter, I should clarify that the Hollywood I live is in Florida, one more question , the tracks don't seem to have any attachment points for the wires.


Oh. Nice place and good hamburgers at "Le Tub"!

No you don't have a Frys in Florida as far as I know, but you should have other electronics stores that sell small gauge wire. Radio Shack perhaps.

Assuming you are talking about the all metal M track, then no there are no connection points. You just have to solder the brown wire to any part of the metal except for the black centre rail. For the centre rail you can solder the red to any part of it or at the centre connector at either end.

Peter
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#10 Posted : 02 January 2021 19:12:16(UTC)
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Yes, it is like PMPeter says; You only need ONE feeder track for this start set.

The soldering can easily be done by yourself, though. Like this;

https://images.hattons.co.uk/products/5111-U_3222069_Qty1_2.jpg
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#11 Posted : 02 January 2021 19:14:12(UTC)
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Thanks for all that info, I do have a welding rod and going to try that way, thanks.
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#12 Posted : 03 January 2021 01:53:21(UTC)
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Thanks for all that info, I do have a welding rod and going to try that way, thanks.


I certainly hope by welding rod you mean soldering iron. An actual welding rod hooked to a welding machine would destroy your piece of track and the wire you are trying to attach.
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Offline flyboyaviator  
#13 Posted : 03 January 2021 14:36:41(UTC)
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Soldering Iron is what I meant.
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