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Purellum		#1 Posted : 14 March 2006 19:57:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,528 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Hello friends. A few words and pictures about how to feed power to Märklin 1-scale tracks, in a cheap and efficient way. Being electrician I know the meaning of proper power supply, and I don’t like the solutions offered by Märklin. First you buy a box of female crimp connectors, 4,8mm type. ( Note: "standard" is 6,3mm. ) Solder wires to the back of the connectors, without filling the connectors with the soldering material. The thickness of the soldering must not be more than 2,3mm. Cut of the red part of the connectors and grind them nice. You now have connectors that are a little too small for the tracks, so the “needle” is pushed trough each connector, to open it up a little. A tool to hold the plastic while you take the tracks apart helps a lot. The result looks like this, and they sit really tight: Questions regarding the above will be answered gladly Per.
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Sander van Wijk		#2 Posted : 14 March 2006 21:52:32(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/04/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,248 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Göteborg, Sverige,		Hi Per, Interesting solution! Looks very nice and it's cheap. I guess you're right when claiming it will conduct better than Märklins original connectors.
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Noel Loganathan		#3 Posted : 15 March 2006 00:35:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/07/2003(UTC) Posts: 297 Location: Brisbane, QLD		Hi Per Good one mate. Thought of sending these images to M Cheers from Down under
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stephenbb		#4 Posted : 15 March 2006 05:47:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,836 Location: Trumbull, CT		Very interesting!!!!!!! Stephen(USA)
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tommyheadleycox		#5 Posted : 15 March 2006 06:06:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 171 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina		Thanks for this helpful post, Per. The fact that they hold tightly is a huge plus. By the way, I have had good luck using the Marklin track clips and I was wondering if anyone else used them.


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Tony		#6 Posted : 15 March 2006 08:13:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/09/2004(UTC) Posts: 726 Location: Cape Town		Hi Per Thanks for the info - I will consider this on my next large "carpet" layout.
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Tony		#7 Posted : 15 March 2006 10:00:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/09/2004(UTC) Posts: 726 Location: Cape Town		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by tommyheadleycox <br />Thanks for this helpful post, Per. The fact that they hold tightly is a huge plus. By the way, I have had good luck using the Marklin track clips and I was wondering if anyone else used them. Hi Tommy - I use them extensively when I set up my large carpet layouts and find they increase the track electrical connectivity significantly. But they are real pain to take off when you pack it all away[:(!][:(!]
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john black		#8 Posted : 15 March 2006 23:11:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Hi Per - congratulations, good solution ! However, not every consumer is as ingenious as Per. And it's disgusting how M [xx(] lets their paying customers fumbling out in the rain ... Well, thank Sweden we can critisize openly M's very best junk [xx(] here in this World Forum. Without any fear of German censorship or even close-down [}:)][}:)][}:)] This is how LGB [:p] connects: sturdy heavy-metal clamps ready to screw on. Last forever [^] John
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Purellum		#9 Posted : 16 March 2006 22:41:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,528 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Thought of sending these images to M Cheers from Down under You are most welcome Noel, I'll be honored. [:I] Cheers from On Top Per.
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