Ed, Clear nail polish will provide insulation if the points of contact are not too large. It may need renewing from time-to-time with lots of use. However, you should consider filing the points of contact enough that actual contact is avoided. Then adding clear nail polish to those filed areas becomes further insurance against contact. Bob Jackson
--- On Mon, 10/4/10, Edward Davis <[email protected]> wrote: From: Edward Davis <[email protected]> Subject: [SSTOT] Clear nail polish To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 7:42 PM Hi All, I have a brass engine that creates a short when the truck frame slightly touches the gear box. This happens when the engine makes any kind of turn. I was told by a hobby shop person that clear nail polish applied to the areas that touch would solve the problem. Is this true or is it an old model train myth? Any other suggestions? Obviously neither the gear box nor the trucks can be moved. I don't know if this matters, but the engine is a OMI SW1500. Ed Davis Stockton [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
