Dave Ripp. posted:... lock on to supply power any preferences?.
I prefer not to use Lockons when possible, but short of soldering to the track. Instead, if you look your switches and remote sections(UCS, RCS, 6019, 1019, etc.) they all have connections to the rails that can be used to power the rails.
The center post of each 022/1121 and ground(inside) post of each 1122/1122E/5121/5122 substitutes for Lockon clip 2. K-Line switches have 5 posts, two of which are direct substitutes for clips 1 & 2. Even the 022 has a center rail connection point if you use a coaxial plug for the fixed voltage plug - the tip is the fixed voltage and the sleeve is the track voltage.
The screws on the UCS(1 & 3) and RCS/1019(1 & 4) can be used as track power connection points too.
You can get creative with your power connections using fewer Lockons with other accessory connections as well. To me, the use of a Lockon is an appearance issue for the most part as they can get cluttered with wires and require more holes drilled in the platform, so I use as few as possible in the open. I still use them for hidden/obscured areas where there is not another easy connection point.
