Hope this is the right forum for this:
I am building a 2 story HO structure that I am detailing on the first floor. I want to light it with 2-3 LEDs and also light the 2nd floor. Further, I want to be able to take off the roof /upper floor subassembly and show the detailing I have done. Is there a recommended procedure and type of electric connector for the LED wiring that would allow me to connect/disconnect the roof and upper wiring, so that I can easilt separate the structure's upper portion?
I have just started with LED wiring and only have done simple stuff so far.
Thanks for any assistance.
Cedarwoodron
The connector that would be easiest to disconnect and the reconnect blindly would be a phone plug. Like the ones used on headphones etc. They usually have two connections but the stereo version has three wires. By using this type of plug, it could be built into the building. I would use the miniature ones.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
http://www.allelectronics.com/index.php?page=search&search_query=TER-401
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Buy some NEM 652 connectors- cut them so you have four two pin connectors.
Look at the second line down on this page. http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/search.php?mode=search&page=1
OPPS,
Somehow I posted the wrong link.
If you still need help let me know. I will repost if needed.
I would simply use some brass tubing and some brass wire. (the bras wire should fit pretty snug into the brass tubing) you would need two pieces of each. Mount the tubing in the lower section of the building and wire it up to your pickups for the bottom floor power. Mount the brass wire to the top floor and wire your LED's to that. Basically it creates two pins to plug into the brass tubing. the wire and tubing are easy to hide in the structure.
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