ALL of the Digitrax command stations and boosters have terminals like that (the very oldest ones when they first started had spring clip terminals, but they were all quickly changed to the screw type. BTW the part with the screws pulls off the other half of the connector which is soldered to the circuit board.
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Metro Red Line zstripe Don't worry about wrapping the wire around the terminal.....put a crimp-wire spade connector on the end of the wire, then put it on the terminals. They come in all sizes. Can be bought at most big box stores. Link is used as an example: http://www.elecdirect.com/crimp-wire-terminals/spades-forks/block-spade-terminal-pvc-blue-16-14-6-100pk You just trim off about a 1/4'' of insulation from the wire stick in the connector and crimp. Take Care! Frank The DCS51 terminals aren't like that. They have the European style terminals where a wire is inserted in a receptacle and the screw locks the wire inside the receptacle.
zstripe Don't worry about wrapping the wire around the terminal.....put a crimp-wire spade connector on the end of the wire, then put it on the terminals. They come in all sizes. Can be bought at most big box stores. Link is used as an example: http://www.elecdirect.com/crimp-wire-terminals/spades-forks/block-spade-terminal-pvc-blue-16-14-6-100pk You just trim off about a 1/4'' of insulation from the wire stick in the connector and crimp. Take Care! Frank
Don't worry about wrapping the wire around the terminal.....put a crimp-wire spade connector on the end of the wire, then put it on the terminals. They come in all sizes. Can be bought at most big box stores. Link is used as an example:
http://www.elecdirect.com/crimp-wire-terminals/spades-forks/block-spade-terminal-pvc-blue-16-14-6-100pk
You just trim off about a 1/4'' of insulation from the wire stick in the connector and crimp.
Take Care!
Frank
Thanks........I did not know that......not a Digitrax user or even DCC for that matter. Surprised You are the only one that mentioned it. I'll just leave the post for the link.....maybe someone else may need it........
12GA stranded THHN fits ok. 10GA stranded THHN does not fit. Most of my track power bus wires are 10GA THHN but I run 12GA from the Digitrax boosters to the first daisy chained PSX boards and then go to the 10GA wire output from the PSXs.
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DigitalGriffin Going to pick up some layout wire on the way home for my son's DCS51 (Digitrax) Does anybody happen to remember the max gauge wire the terminals will take?Thanks-D
Going to pick up some layout wire on the way home for my son's DCS51 (Digitrax)
Does anybody happen to remember the max gauge wire the terminals will take?Thanks-D
It should take 14 gauge as stated earlier, but you might find that with a relatively short bus you could get away with stranded or solid 16 gauge. I used 16 gauge speaker wire once and it presented no discernible problems for nearly 3 years...until forced teardown.
14 AWG is a good gage for a bus
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Don't know if this helps you, but 14ga. solid fits in the DB150 track terminals.
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