In this all-new series, host David Popp keeps progress on the N scale (1:160) T-Trak modular layout moving forward. Here, he shares various techniques for working within the specified electrical standards and recommended practices to bring power the rails, including the unique bridge sections of track and turnouts (track switches) too!
Building a T-Trak module | Wiring
By David Popp | December 29, 2023
David,
You MR gurus should try Wago 221 connectors in future wiring projects. Our club finds them far easier to work with than suitcase connectors. They can connect 12 gauge through 24 gauge wires (https://www.wago.com/us/discover-wire-and-splicing-connectors/221).
Keep up the good work, your videos always provide new things for me to learn about.
Thanks,
Rich
The T-TRAK blue-white-white-blue standard was inherited from the original Japanese standard to allow you to run DC locomotives in opposite directions on the two tracks with one power pack. That’s how David connected everything to one bus. If you run DCC on both tracks that way also works. In our club, we want the flexibility of running any combination of DC and DCC on the two tracks. Therefore, we have separate buses for the inner and outer loops. The black and red (outer loop) and yellow and black (inner loop) power poles lets keep track of which bus is for which loop.