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hermanvk		#1 Posted : 19 November 2023 23:06:23(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/11/2023(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Alberta, Calgary		Hello, I am reliving my youth with an 40+ year old Marklin M-rail set. I noticed a difference on a 5106 rail to connect to a trafo... For as far as I could discover: (see the detail picture) it's a condensator, but I have no clue if and what it is for? Any one shedding some light? Thanks

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JohnjeanB		#2 Posted : 19 November 2023 23:49:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,138 Location: Paris, France		Hello Herman This is a 5131 current feed track with a capacitor unlike the 5111 wich was without one. Purpose: It was to reduce the electrical noise generated by model trains and allow RF and radios / TVs to work better Note: This capacitor has to be removed when using digital signal. Cheers Jean
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hermanvk		#3 Posted : 20 November 2023 01:18:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/11/2023(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: Alberta, Calgary		Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hello Herman This is a 5131 current feed track with a capacitor unlike the 5111 wich was without one. Purpose: It was to reduce the electrical noise generated by model trains and allow RF and radios / TVs to work better Note: This capacitor has to be removed when using digital signal. Cheers Jean Thanks for the update... I kept looking for posts about the 5106. Apparently: the number changes to either 5131 or 5111, depending. So since I am only using analog locs, I should have no problem using either (with or without capacitor) Thanks again, Herman

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