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Alex H		#1 Posted : 25 November 2025 20:02:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 25/03/2017(UTC) Posts: 154 Location: England, Devon		I am building a new layout using the Marklin C track. I was wondering what the consensus is on whether to solder my power and feedback cables to the rail tabs, or just to use spade slide connectors onto the tabs Thanks

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JohnjeanB		#2 Posted : 25 November 2025 20:11:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,682 Location: Paris, France		Hi Alex Definitely on the ground part, you can solder all connections because you don't need ever to disconnect On the B part the best is to have zones of 2 meters long or so - insulated on both sides so that ONLY ONE wire feeds the section and uses a connector. This is to locate rapidly the zone were a short circuit is located. An alternative solution is to do exactly as above except that INSTEAD of the connector, you install a 5W 12 V lamp as used in cars. That way when a short happens, the lamp of the shorted zone will lit. Cheers Jean
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