I came across this thread while looking into adding auxiliary power to FasaTrack switches. There may be a much easier way to correct the problem than shown- unsoldering/resoldering. As background, I run mainly postwar Lionel conventional but have both newer Lionel and MTH with wifi and IR controllers. I'm redoing a layout and want the switch lighting to be independent of track power. I hadn't had any issues with any of the switches either in the old layouts nor the new mockup. However, after reading this thread I decided to check all of my switches. One of the 11 switches was wired incorrectly. Naturally it was the very last one. I went to the site recommended by gunrunnerjohn, is just John OK? Anyway, I consider myself inept at soldering despite years of trying. While fiddling around with the switch I realized that the Track Jumper/Aux IN/AUX GND block is held down with hot glue of some sort and the block consists of 3 individual sections, one for each of the electrical connections. These sections slide into each other and clip in place forming the block. Pry up the block (easy), rearrange the order of the block (easy) and reglue the block in place. No soldering! Ha-ha! Unless you start twisting things too much and one wire detaches, or another wire is too short to make the move. But it will work with no, or very little soldering. With the block is freed up and the units separated it is much easier to work with, just in case you wiggled a wire or two free.
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