adamakatubby Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Please can someone help! Thing is i'm planning an N gauge layout and i want it to be maneuverable, so separate baseboard sections. Thing is, i'm not quite sure how i'm going to pass the power from one board to the other. The plan is to have 3 L:4ft x W:2ft boards. I've read about D connectors a little bit and seen some people using scarts as well, i'm not electricity literate either so that doesn't help. Hope someone can shed a bit of light on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 To use 'D' Plugs you'll need to be able to solder the wires on as shown by Pete in this YouTube video. It looks very simple when he does it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUnNdFHjD-4& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 How about plug-able terminal blocks such as these from Rapid electronicshttp://tinyurl.com/5spa9fl No soldering required.Hope the link works. I've not tried using tinyurl on this new forum yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightstar Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hi adamakatubby,How many wires are you talking about?Is it just power, or plus signals and points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbus Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hi Adam, Hi all,I`m planning on using what I think are called Molex plugs which are four pin plugs used to connect IDE hard drives. If I screw through the socket part I can fix it to the bottom of the boards timber frame on one side and on the other where the locating pins for connecting the boards already stick out I will fix the male part of the Molex plug. This will give me board to board connectors for the power bus and a lighting circuit in a single plug. Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teleman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use 'D' plugs as they are the best i've found for the job if you need a lot of diffrent connections between the boards . Also watch out as the cheep ones have a lower power rating some as low as half amp . Good ones are rated at five amps .Scart plugs are not realy ment to carry high current being made for video signals so over time may cause problems . If you don't want to solder the connectors you can get a plug and socket terminal block from lots of model shops or at model exhibitions that have screw in terminals and are in strips of 12 connections .;) Poliss is pluging my videos again ,, Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 "Plugging" Oh dear. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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