Jim, A lot of wiring has to do with Karma or it's cousin Murphy, I've
found out! Besides shorting out maybe a dozen wires multiple times in
that control panel (visualize all those control panels on the Starship
Enterprise that seem to always emit sparks when things go wrong). I
once crawled under the layout. In that process I bumped two hanging
wires together (that I had temporarily disconnected) where their
stripped and curved ends interlocked without my knowledge, causing a
shutdown/short out of nowhere.
I just prefer not to push my luck any further than necessary. Several
times I wished that I would have used liquid tape on all the solder
joints under the layout.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
> Bob:
>
> If you're just running a few feeder wire drops it probably makes sense
> to retain
> the insulation on the bus wires. But if you have a lot of drops, it's
> faster in
> the long run to have bare bus wires.
>
> In the 5 years I've been running my layout with bare copper bus I've
> never had
> any of the problems you describe. Among the reasons: I keep the bus wires
> widely separated (at least 4 inches), I use insulated wire for the
> feeders, and
> everything is routed neatly, tucked up high under the layout and
> anchored so it
> doesn't droop and snag.
>
> The only shorts I've ever experienced came from the big, bare wires on
> top that
> are spiked to the ties.
>
> Jim
>
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