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This year I replaced all the original Arist screw conectors with rail clamps and the railroad hasn't run this good since I first put down the track . I tried the grease and screws and I was getting poor conductivity in spots . I sometimes run a MTH challenger with the proto-2.0 system and one of the features of this system is electrical track test mode . When you use this system you set your transformer to 18 volts constant on the rails . Then with the handheld you can see what the volt reading is anywhere on the railroad . Well I was getting readings of 10 volts and even lower in spots . That meant control signals wouldn't reach the engine and things like the whistle and speed wouldn't reach the reciever in the locomotive . Now with the clamps I am getting 18.1 to 17.9 all over the system . In my opinion they are definatly worth the extra money . I run about 350 feet of track and use only one connector from the powerpack to the rails with no real drop off in voltage .
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