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Posted by Eric97123 on Friday, February 10, 2012 12:41 PM

rrinker

 The wire I use comes on a spool of red adn white, two conductor but loosely twisted and not actually two conductor wire in the traditional sense. It's about #20 and sold as "alarm wire" at Home Depot.

               --Randy

 

Exactly what I was talking about.

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, February 10, 2012 6:48 AM

 The wire I use comes on a spool of red adn white, two conductor but loosely twisted and not actually two conductor wire in the traditional sense. It's about #20 and sold as "alarm wire" at Home Depot.

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Posted by Eric97123 on Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:50 PM

Save youself some money and get yourself doorbell wire from Home Depot. It comes in two colors so it is great that you dont cross up sides and short out.

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Posted by PennCentral99 on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:31 PM

simon1966

Too bad Google did not throw up the link to the last time you asked about this.....

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/200624.aspx

DANG, ya beat me to it!  So, basically this time he is looking for 22 gauge wire.  Use the links we gave you the last time and order them.  When they arrive, cut the little "T" things off the end!

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Posted by simon1966 on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:26 PM

Too bad Google did not throw up the link to the last time you asked about this.....

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/200624.aspx

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Posted by tstage on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:16 PM

Why don't you just solder the feeder wire directly to the rail?  You can do it either on the outside or bottom side of the rail.  It's more secure that way.

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Feeder Wires
Posted by alloboard on Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:53 PM

     I've Googled and looked for track feeder wires at online shops and I did not find anything secured. I need wires that resemble terminal rail joiners only without the T's at the ends. Can someone send me a link to where I can purchase these.

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