Dan_the_man Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 not sure where this belongs but im looking at getting back into model railways after a long wile away and was looking at the power clips and digital power track and i was just wondering will the digital power track work with a standard controller or would i need a power clip as the set has to be movable for storage reasons and i don't want to be constantly hunting around under the sofa for where the clip fell out and ran off to every time i move the track board thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Solder wires straight to the track and terminate the wires in a small 2 pin socket. Attach small 2 pin plug to controller wires. All done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The power track is better than power clips. They make an analogue and digital track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_the_man Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 thanks walking just checking before i got out and buy new track plugs and things find it doesn't work with the antiques of controllers i have to hand and couldn't find a thread on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'm not DCC. The power track you require if you're going to use one is R8206. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Easy to convert the DC version for DCC if that is what you need, clip or track. Just flip open the cover between the rails and remove the capacitor you find there in the DC version, and then it's DCC. You'll know if you have it wrong - that capacitor causes weird faults which all go away when you remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_the_man Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 i wont be going ddc anytime soon i don't think. i just want to get up and running and replace whet needs replacing as i build up again some of the kit iv got would probably give most on hear an attack of "replace that old hunk of junk with this shiny new bit of plastic " but i prefer the old metal cased stuff haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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