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Aristocraft rail joiners

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Aristocraft rail joiners
Posted by IRB Souther Engineer on Friday, January 8, 2010 5:13 PM

I ordered the aristocraft rail clamps (ART- 11930B) from Trainworld, (they arrived today), and I was wondering if they were supposed to come with the wires to connect the joiner to a transformer, etc.   

Does anyone know?

ART11940.jpg 

 Here is a picture of the rail clamps and the wires that I thought they came with.

 

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Posted by altterrain on Friday, January 8, 2010 6:53 PM

 No they don't come together. Its a separate item (ART11950, I think). I bought some because I wanted to use them as a jumper for a short section of track I was having an issue with. They work fine for that but the wire gauge is far too light to use as a main power connection. You should be able to directly solder your wire to the clamp or get small ring terminals at home depot or radio shack.

-Brian

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Posted by IRB Souther Engineer on Friday, January 8, 2010 7:26 PM

Okay, thank you

I didn't need them for main wiring... just making sure Trainworld wasn't cheating me out of an item!Approve

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