I am trying to organize the wires to my trains. Do you have any recommendations? Should I use duct tape, another type of tape, cardboard rings????? Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. Line Man
I use cable straps (some people call them zip ties) to hold them in place, a color code to identify the wires, and labels glued to the wood every place they are connected to anything.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Dave-
That is some terrific wiring!
(I second the recommendation for using cable ties to keep things organized)
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
oltmannd Dave- That is some terrific wiring! (I second the recommendation for using cable ties to keep things organized)
Thank you. That is one of my swing down boards. I have added a BDL168 to it since I took that picture.
Like Dave, I label the termini.
Since ALL of my wiring is done from terminal strip to terminal strip I label every terminal (with a code that is peculiar to my layout.) The same code is noted adjacent to the connections to switch machines, panel controls, lamps...
Essential to the system is thorough documentation. I don't depend on my sometimes faulty memory, nor do I expect others to be able to grasp my not very intuitive system without help.
Since I erected my benchwork with steel studs I am lucky enough to have natural wire runs, the wires retained inside the L girders and joists by short lengths of cap strip, which simply snap on.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
If you look closely at the picture I previously posted you will see the jumpers along the outside of the terminal strips. When I added the BDL-168, I simply removed the jumper from the Rail A strip and made the detection connections in it's place. I also moved the Rail B strip up a little because the two strips were too close together.