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It should have one of the outside rails for each line of
track soldered. It isn't necessary to have a wire on both outside
rails for each line of track.
All track grounds should be connected together and then the grounds from the track and both the 6-wire and the 4-wire harness should be connected together. Last time I believe I daisy-chained a ground wire from track to track and then to the harnesses. But I also like to use larger wire then called for. That way there is one big happy ground circuit. :-) Also, take care when soldering to the jones plugs. They like to melt with too much heat and the connectors are so close that with the little amount of 'wiggle' that the pins have it is very easy to get a short at the plug. I recommend putting a small wrap of electrical tape or a short length of shrink tube over each pin after you solder the wire to it. When soldering the jones plugs it is really helpful to have one of those jigs to hold everything in place for you. Of coarse having said that I must admit that I still do it the hard way, holding the wire in one hand, the plug in another hand, the iron in another hand, and the solder in the other hand. Wait, how did I do that? Probably with the aid of a few choice words. Adrian.
Pauwels Mike-rycl90 wrote: Adrian,Thanks. Thay's news even if not good news. I will try my torch on a scrap peice of track to see how badly it discolors. By the way, I noticed that the module had only one of the outside rails soldered. Is that sufficient?Mike |