@Craftech posted:Wouldn't jumpers between each section mitigate the joint problem more effectively?
Like this: Short jumpers between every ten sections and then longer ones at the junction of the next ten. Mark the top of the roadbed at the tenth one so you know where to separate it if you have to remove the track.
John
John, your suggestion could be interpreted two ways.
If you're suggesting that each section of track have its own connection to the tabs underneath, then yes that could provide much better current flow and less voltage drop for each piece. As a practical matter, not everyone wants to go to these lengths, if fewer connections work for them.
If one plans to daisy chain connections from one piece (or section of ten pieces) to the next, then this is certainly better than nothing, but each successive (series) connection adds resistance which also contributes to voltage drop.
For better current flow, less series resistance, and less voltage drop, its better to either use bus wires or a star wiring scheme. These 2 latter methods are parallel connections and are less dependent on solid connections at every point along a chain, to the same extent as are series connections.
