For those of you who use Ross roadbed, do any of you use spade connectors to make electrical connections instead of soldering wire to the side of the rail? I can't tell from the pictures, how much room there is between the top of the roadbed and the bottom of the track. For ease I was planning on using the spade connectors, but just not sure if there would be enough room.
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This is an old question, but I am using Ross track and roadbed, and am considering spade connectors as well, in lieu of soldering.
Any comments would be appreciated.
I am in the process of laying Fastrak and I am using the spade connectors. I did soldering on my N Scale layout a decade or more past and I was not pleased with it. I also believe it is easier to fix a spade connection than a soldered connection if problems arise.
Ended up using the spade connectors and have had no problems 3 + years later. Bent the connectors at 90 degrees, so the track lays flat. I have 6 individual loops as well as a yard and 18+ roundhouse area, a ton of spade connectors. Use DCS and Legacy, I don't have any issues. I have had to solder a few feeds, mostly to switches, after the track was down, but I would not have changed from the spade connectors, so much easier.
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