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Posted by lionelsoni on Friday, April 29, 2005 11:05 AM
Electrical connections to aluminum have a way of going bad after a while, which is why it is no longer much used for house wiring. Brass would be better; and it is easy to find.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:10 AM
You can make your own using small blocks of wood and aluminum strips. You cut the pieces of wood as long as you like and fasten the aluminum strips to the wood with however many terminals you want. I made 3 of them this way and they work just fine and for $1.50 or so for a piece of flat aluminum, you can't beat the price.
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Posted by hugoroundhouse on Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:35 PM
I bought a block at Home Depot for $8.50 that has 16 terminals, 8 on each side. I just jumpered the neighboring terminals. Works great and beats the heck out of the $17.00 MTH model.
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Posted by eZAK on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:50 PM
jackson_frank,

Try here http://www.miniatronics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=B_3

OR You can use ground bars designed for electrical panels.
Check your local home center.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:13 PM
Thanks for the info at least it is one source.

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Posted by spankybird on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:47 PM
Frank,

You do know that MTH sells them.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:24 PM
Thanks that is still an option...

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Posted by Roger Bielen on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:47 PM
Try using a regular terminal strip with jumpers on the supply side. I believe RS even has some models that you can get pre-cut metal jumper strips.
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wire terminals
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:07 PM
I am looking for a "terminal block" that would split my transformer output. One "hot" then multiple taps for a homerun wiring setup for DCS.
One tap with four connections would work. Radio shack doesn't have them..

thanks

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