wiring questions

[Anonymous]

is it possible to wire an Atlas #205 connector to another connector by wire instead of those horseshoe things because i have a distance to go and no possible way to connect them to each other and why do the lights inside one of my buildings turns on and off when I hit my switch control box to switch a switch. ?

[der5997]

jake: Yes indeed, just run wires where you wnat them, and it'll be fine. (The metal thinguy is just a wide flat short wire[(-D]
The lights are behaving as they do because they are on the same AC supply on your power pack as your turnout power. The fix is to get hold of cheap power packs and use them to power your lamps and other accessories, while keeping your turnouts on the good pack you run the trains with.
Cheap packs are the sort of thing that come with cheap train sets, and end up either in the garbage, or better for you, on the tables of garage sales, flea markets, or train swap meets. Buy several. Usually the DC side is shot, and the AC is as good as new. Power your turnouts too from one of these if you like, that's less power coming from your good pack for the trains. [^]