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12. Putting the feeder wires in place before fastening
the track serves two purposes. First, it lets me avoid
getting caulk too near the stripped end of the feeder
wires. Second, I drill holes for the feeders directly below
the rails and solder the feeders to the bottoms of the
rails or joiners). In the past I have glued down the track,
then realized I’d forgotten to install the feeder wires.
Putting the wires in before the caulk helps to prevent
that sort of thing. If you look carefully, you can see red
lines marking the sides of the rails above the holes.
Gluing down the track
I use gray latex paintable caulk to hold the flex track securely
in place until I get around to applying ballast. This interval is
sometimes measured in years.
