Well, the boys at Model Railroader Magazine have been using suitcase connectors on their project railroads without any ill effects.
Rich G(ajnak) --- In [email protected], David Engle wrote: > > This is above my expertise, but I have been told by an electronics expert > that the high-frequency signals used by DCC and other systems travel on the > surfaces of the wire than within it. Thus, any scratch, cut, or other > variance in that surface can affect signal transmissions. My own system is > still in the dark ages--one or two control blocks, 110v Variac, 19B > x-former, plate rectifiers, only a few gaps to head off short circuits. > Sorry. > Dave Engle > > --- On Fri, 2/8/13, vito4cal wrote: > > > From: vito4cal > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: suitcase connectors > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 12:23 PM > > > >  > > > > --- In [email protected], "wb4hay" wrote: > > > > I will be starting to wire my new layout soon and I thought I'd get your > > opinions on the "suitcase connectors" I saw in the Micro Mart book. These > > are the kind that you clamp them with pliars on the bus wire and it > > connects to the wire that goes over to the track. I could see arguments > > both pro and con. > > > > Kelly Johnson > > > ================================================================== > > Hi Kelly: > > I read your question as one about the quality of the suitcase connectors > carried by Micro Mart even though the discussion veered towards whether one > should use them. > > Several of the DCC lists I read have discussed quality issues with suitcase > connectors and I believe the consensus is to only use the 3M brand versions. > The other knock offs are garbage. Based on that advice, 3M is the only brand > I use and I have had no problem with electrical failure at these connections. > I do not know what brand Micro Mart sells. I have gotten my connectors at > various big box stores and automotive stores. > > As to the question of whether one should use them, I like using the > connectors underneath the layout instead of dripping solder on my head. Just > an opinion of course. :-) > > John Gibson > Rocklin, CA > ------------------------------------ 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/
