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Track power question
I have an aristo heavyweight coach I bought used. It's an early model that used 6 wheel trucks with cast wheels. The cast wheels were made in two pieces that fit into a plastic insulating axle/sleeve to keep them from shorting. They're long gone, and whn I got it it had plastic wheels which I replaced with aristo metal wheels.
The previous owner stripped out the wiring connecting the trucks to the lights. But the lights themselves are still in place, as well as the bushings and tabs for power pickup. I'd like to restore the lighting using aristo's modern machined wheels, which have a plastic insert in the hub on one side to keep the wheels from shorting across the track
It seems to me--but I want to make sure--that all I have to do is put all the insulated hubs on one side of the truck, and the uninsulated hubs on the other, and then connect the bushings and wire each side to one pole of the light strip. Do that the same way for each truck and I should be in business, no? Power pickup from all three wheels on each truck, and no shorting.
I've looked at George Schreyer's site and can't quite figure it out--any other suggestions?
I have an aristo heavyweight coach I bought used. It's an early model that used 6 wheel trucks with cast wheels. The cast wheels were made in two pieces that fit into a plastic insulating axle/sleeve to keep them from shorting. They're long gone, and whn I got it it had plastic wheels which I replaced with aristo metal wheels.
The previous owner stripped out the wiring connecting the trucks to the lights. But the lights themselves are still in place, as well as the bushings and tabs for power pickup. I'd like to restore the lighting using aristo's modern machined wheels, which have a plastic insert in the hub on one side to keep the wheels from shorting across the track
It seems to me--but I want to make sure--that all I have to do is put all the insulated hubs on one side of the truck, and the uninsulated hubs on the other, and then connect the bushings and wire each side to one pole of the light strip. Do that the same way for each truck and I should be in business, no? Power pickup from all three wheels on each truck, and no shorting.
I've looked at George Schreyer's site and can't quite figure it out--any other suggestions?