This unit does not have the traditional 3 posts up top to wire common, lights and operating coil. Instead the power goes through an inegrated circuit of which I have no knowledge. You can not hook up the gatement to insulated rail unless you buy about $50 work of Fastrack accessories. I am wondering if I can cut the wires that go to the coil and connect one of then to a 14 volt power source and the other to the common ground via insulated rail, This should work the coil, but would it mess up the integrated circuit that powers the lights. My thinking is when I cut the wires to the coil and hook them to a 14 v and an insulated rail common, they will operate the coil with no backfeed to the IC, Has Lionel changed the voltage going to the coil out of the IC or is it still the standard 14 volts to run the coil?
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