DominicL Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Hello there - delighted to join the community. I’ve had a few sets over the years, and just today picked up a Formula One set from around 1990. It has a C919 power pack but I’ve absolutely no clue how it connects to the track to power it. It’s odd as the box actually shows a different set up, with an adapter with pins which connect to a flat rectangular connecting thing which I imagine sits under the track. But I don’t have that, just this C919 thing and the two controllers which have plugs which connect to the track and then other wires with small copper circular connectors on the end. Can anyone offer any advice on how this is set up? Thanks so much in advance 😊The C919 packThe box cover showing the different power set up that I don’t have… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P. Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 The prongs on the power pack look New Zealand or Australian or Singaporian or something?! Not UK or European in any case... so this is all guess work...The track for the powerbase did not go with that power pack here in Europe or North America. Maybe an APJ thing..IN any case, there are two ways to approach this: Scientific and safe or trial and error.Trial and error would be simply using alligator clips or some other conducting metal make contact with the rails on the power base until things work.Scientific would be to get a voltmeter and find out where the plus and minus (positive and negative) of the output of the power pack is.This connect the positive to one rail (I think the left one in direction of travel) and the negative to the other. Test each lane by itself.Also try googling "how to wire a slot car track" to get the general concept.Let me know if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicL Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 The prongs on the power pack look New Zealand or Australian or Singaporian or something?!Not UK or European in any case... so this is all guess work...The track for the powerbase did not go with that power pack here in Europe or North America. Maybe an APJ thing..IN any case, there are two ways to approach this: Scientific and safe or trial and error.Trial and error would be simply using alligator clips or some other conducting metal make contact with the rails on the power base until things work.Scientific would be to get a voltmeter and find out where the plus and minus (positive and negative) of the output of the power pack is.This connect the positive to one rail (I think the left one in direction of travel) and the negative to the other. Test each lane by itself.Also try googling "how to wire a slot car track" to get the general concept.Let me know if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicL Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 Thanks so much for the quick reply Andy, very helpful indeed - it is indeed an Aussie set, I live in Melbourne, I imagined that these things would be more standard internationally but perhaps not then. It could explain why it’s unfamiliar to me then, I am English and used to have sets back in the 80s but I didn’t recognise any of this. I can try those methods but wondered if there are any Antipodean forum members who have come across this set up before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P. Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 There are more users from "down under" on slotracer.online... Maybe try there ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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