Richie C. posted:John - you're right, but of course everything has worked perfectly for the last three years (even the CC switches on the old layout), so this issue of some of the CC switches randomly switching or not being able to be programmed on the new layout was just not anticipated.
Chuck - by the "terminal" on the adapter, you're talking about the small, open metal tab ? I'll try as you suggest, I just wasn't sure that a hot water pipe connected back to a boiler is ground, like the main water line coming into the house (heating pipes to left of photo), but I understand it will at least act to extend the antenna, anyway.
Yes, the small tab. You apparently do not have a connection to the house ground, but if you connect a long wire to the tab, you’ll establish a ground wire type antenna in the room. Much like as if you had a ground wire in your wiring. Lionel is not doing anything magical, they’re just using your existing ground wire as an antenna. If you don’t have a ground wire, then making your own with a wire attached to the wall wart ground pin is a plan. The
