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I have been working on my large layout in my back yard in rainy florida for 10 months.
I am having the worst time of keeping power to my track .I am using aristocraft track. I have leveled it screwed it onto landscape timbers that are set in concrete all level. I have 2 different loops each on its own controller 40 va each.
My problem is I keep losing power on the track from one piece of track to the next I fix one connection another one goes down I have been using LGB conductive grease it helps but its not a cure. I have scrubbed the track it helped but problem came back the next day. I have replaced all the aristocraft screws and coated them with lgb grease.
All the track is flat and screwed down onto a 1 inch thick 4 inch wide preasure treated boards that sit on top of a landscape timber that is concreted into the ground. I have also put jumper plastic coated wire between track pieces using the screws on bottom of the aristocraft track. I still seem to be getting dead spots.I finally started putting in line drops every 10 feet. So any suggestions are welcome except changing to battery engines. I have a battery bachmann 10 wheeler to run a aristocraft track cleaner it bearly pulls it . I have 5 DIFFERENT 10 wheel bachmann engines and 4 lionel engines
one is a dual motor unit. I also have 2 20 ton USA engines all have the same problem, I also clean all engine wheels
after use. one loop is 120 feet the other one is 85 feet. I have the track covered with canopys to keep off rain,
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS SITE AS I WENT ALONG BUILDING IT AND THANK EVERONE FOR THEIR INPUTS ON PROBLEMS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD NOT FIND A SOLUTION IN THIS FORUM THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY TRIED JOHN
I am having the worst time of keeping power to my track .I am using aristocraft track. I have leveled it screwed it onto landscape timbers that are set in concrete all level. I have 2 different loops each on its own controller 40 va each.
My problem is I keep losing power on the track from one piece of track to the next I fix one connection another one goes down I have been using LGB conductive grease it helps but its not a cure. I have scrubbed the track it helped but problem came back the next day. I have replaced all the aristocraft screws and coated them with lgb grease.
All the track is flat and screwed down onto a 1 inch thick 4 inch wide preasure treated boards that sit on top of a landscape timber that is concreted into the ground. I have also put jumper plastic coated wire between track pieces using the screws on bottom of the aristocraft track. I still seem to be getting dead spots.I finally started putting in line drops every 10 feet. So any suggestions are welcome except changing to battery engines. I have a battery bachmann 10 wheeler to run a aristocraft track cleaner it bearly pulls it . I have 5 DIFFERENT 10 wheel bachmann engines and 4 lionel engines
one is a dual motor unit. I also have 2 20 ton USA engines all have the same problem, I also clean all engine wheels
after use. one loop is 120 feet the other one is 85 feet. I have the track covered with canopys to keep off rain,
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS SITE AS I WENT ALONG BUILDING IT AND THANK EVERONE FOR THEIR INPUTS ON PROBLEMS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD NOT FIND A SOLUTION IN THIS FORUM THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY TRIED JOHN