00559 Interim PDF Edition - Champex-Linden

Soldered connection wires can
be used to provide power for
hinged track sections.
Hint: In most cases, it is only necessary to strip a small amount, less
than 6 mm (.25 in), of insulation from wires. Exposed, uninsulated wires
can cause short circuits.
• Insulated Track Sections. The LGB program includes three insulated
track sections:
10152 Insulated Track, Double, 150 mm
10153 Insulated Track, Single, 150 mm
11152 Insulated Track, Double, R1, 15°
At first, these look like ordinary make-up track sections, but look at the
rails. You'll see an insulating gap cut in one or both of the rails. (The
"single" 10153 has one insulated rail. The "double" 10152 and 11152
have two insulated rails.) Now, look between the rails. You'll see a plastic
cover fastened with two screws. Remove the screws and the cover, and
you'll find a terminal strip (left). The terminals are connected to the rails.
These terminals offer an easy and attractive way to make your track
power connections. Just make your track power connections to the
appropriate blue and red terminals. (To bridge the insulation of the lower
rail shown here, install a jumper wire between the "2A" and "2B"
terminals for that rail.) Then replace the cover. The connection is
concealed, but easily accessible.
Since the 10152 and 10153 are 150 mm straight sections, they can
be combined with a regular 150 mm 10150 straight section to replace a
10000 straight section. Since the 11152 is a 15° R1 curved section, it
can be combined with a regular 15° R1 11020 curved section to replace
a 11000 curved section.
• Soldering. It is possible to
solder wires directly to the track,
but this old model railroading
technique can be difficult with LGB
track because of the size and
hardness of LGB rails. Also,
soldering connection wires will
make it more difficult to change or
remove the track in the future.
However, soldering can be useful
in some special situations, for example, on hinged track sections. Before
soldering, clean the rail thoroughly with a wire brush and soldering flux.
A 300 watt soldering iron will heat the rail sufficiently, but be careful not
to melt the plastic ties.
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