Well....that said it all. I was told that would be a good idea for me in another thread. How does one go about doing that?

Right now I have a two lane track, but am thinking of going four later on.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mike

Try a search here- this topic has been brought up a lot. :thumbsup:

Flip over a terninal track, note the position of the power taps to each lane. There is a common and two powers (one to each lane) You have to cut one of the lane taps and use two terminal tracks (or four for a four lane)...

Well now. That sounds pretty simple. I guess it would be bad if I cut the same lane's power tap on each terminal track then, eh.

:rolleyes:

That would mean one car would be going so fast that you couldn't even see it move....... :thumbsup:

My permanent layout is Atlas, which is like the old Aurora L&J stuff with 4 screws (2 for each lane) on the terminal track, so it's really easy to hook up separate power to the lanes. But I wanted to try it with newer plug-in tracks to see how it works... I have loads of Tyco and a good bit of Lifelike around. I experimented with the Lifelike first, since I wouldn't feel too bad about ruining it if I messed it up. The Tyco terminal track looks almost identical underneath, so this stuff applies. I dunno how close Tomy track is as far as the actual layout of the connections, but the theory is the same, so in principle, it should work...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/llterminal.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rwurtz/images/llterminal2.jpg

It worked fine, but I had to crimp the spade connectors tighter for the one part where I bridged the connection with wire... they were too loose the way they came out of the package...

--rick

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And under what section would I find SlottV's Wire Wrap method? I noticed he mentioned to do a search here...as his post didn't have a link attached to it. I figured he probably meant on this website, but I didn't get a good finding with my search.

It most probabaly is the operator who is the problem with this issue.....just ask my wife! :rolleyes:

I don't have blond hair....just real deep blond roots! :)

Also...will this be something with pictures? I hear jumpers from time to time and was wondering if I might want to nab some EMT from work.....

Thanks in advance.

Mike

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Thanks! I've been looking at that last one....it's a plethora on information.

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That power tap idea works well, but to make it better the connections should really be glued underneath or even soldered to the rail if you are skilled enough(which I am not). I found they can wiggle a bit if you disturb them by removing track. ;)

BTW- we used to run double wall warts on my track in the past. It was a pretty good set up until more guys started running hotter arms and magnets: But after going from a factory connection to individual power on lanes it was the first big difference in power we experienced.

http://www.supervipersystems.com/VargoSpeedway/About_Vargo_Speedway/8pack.jpg

Oiy Vay!!!

You guys are just trying to scare me, huh!

I wonder how much an electrician is these days....... :freak:

UHHH.....

Real simple, hasn't someone said this already??

Use 4 terminal tracks, 4 wall warts, and 4 controlers....


Hook each one up seperately. If you really want to get tricky you can hook up 2 wall warts per lane....

when you get tired of all that you will buy a real power supply :wave: