January 2021
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For all other cars that are not pre-configured with electrical pickups, we
recommend our “floating” brass strips. A single 1mm or 2mm piece of
brass is wrapped around each axle of the truck at either end of the car.
Then, a 36AWG stranded wire (supplied) is soldered to the brass and
connects to the DCC1 and DCC2 on the board. The reason we call this
“floating” is that it is NOT fastened to the truck. This allows it to shift
with the movement of the axle and doesn’t bind the wheel. ALL the
other types we tried required you to fasten their metal contact to the
truck with a screw or by glue. This tends to put extra pressure on the
wheel or axle and causes it to pinch inside the truck wheel holder. It
also adds friction that cause the car not to roll freely.
The width of the board is 11.5mm. It’s perfectly ok to sand down the
edge of the board up to a total of about 1mm. Use your good
judgement on this. The underside of the board is ground (GND), and
