As a suggestion, after wiring and using the bare wire, buy a bunch of
shrink or non-shrink insulated tubing, slice it lengthwise and slip over
the wire between the connections. It doesn't have to be a real tight
fit and if you want you can seal it with one of the liquid insulation
that even come in multiple colors.
I live on shrink tubing and liquid electrical insulation on my cars and
other projects where regular electrical tape doesn't work well.
If I do decide to go with a naked buss when I build my layout in the new
home, it is definitely the way I will go.
Carey
Carey Probst
Member, M.I.T. Educational Council
S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF
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On 1/25/2011 10:33 AM, Jim and Cheryl Martin wrote:
>
> 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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