09-25-2022, 03:34 PM
As much as I would like to try to match the ballast there to what I have decided, I think it would be easier to remove both the track and the ballast so I can relay a clean piece of track right away and start fresh.
I spent the last few hours wiring in the yard and siding. I started with soldering in all the feeders
I made myself a little reminder to make sure I didn't wire anything in reverse. I pretty much added a feeder to every length of track, be it handlaid or flex as it's just better to over wire than under
I made a small home-made terminal block at work so I could attach all the feeders from the yard to it and then connect it to the main layout bus. Just in case there could be a short in the future, this will probably make it easier to track down. It also makes the wiring a bit neater.
and the yard wired up. I had a few other feeders that I fed directly into the bus, but they were fairly far away from the terminal bus. As I wired each feeder in, I was checking with my NCE system for shorts by turning the DCC system on and running an engine over each section.
Lights are on, proof I made it work. Wiring is not one of my favorite things to do so I was dreading this all week.
I spent the last few hours wiring in the yard and siding. I started with soldering in all the feeders
I made myself a little reminder to make sure I didn't wire anything in reverse. I pretty much added a feeder to every length of track, be it handlaid or flex as it's just better to over wire than under
I made a small home-made terminal block at work so I could attach all the feeders from the yard to it and then connect it to the main layout bus. Just in case there could be a short in the future, this will probably make it easier to track down. It also makes the wiring a bit neater.
and the yard wired up. I had a few other feeders that I fed directly into the bus, but they were fairly far away from the terminal bus. As I wired each feeder in, I was checking with my NCE system for shorts by turning the DCC system on and running an engine over each section.
Lights are on, proof I made it work. Wiring is not one of my favorite things to do so I was dreading this all week.