Conductive copper tape - Printable Version

Conductive copper tape - Printable Version

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Conductive copper tape - Gpa113 - 5th-Nov-24

Morning!

After some help please.

Our original club track we built is a four lane, routed track, 12mm mdf. You can find it in the Show us your track section, under Routed Raceway.
Until last year it was permanently mounted onto a very large board, with an electric winch system to lower it into place for racing. It is now no longer permanently mounted, and now goes together much like a jigsaw, in 9 pieces of differing size.
To power it up would involve soldering 154 sections of copper tape, just for one evenings racing. They would then need removing to store it again until next time Tappingfoot

So, has anyone used, or come across, or have knowledge of, 6mm highly conductive copper tape that could be used without the need to make 154 soldered joints. Just need something that will stick straight on, bridge the gap, and give us power without the need for soldering.
Other option is to solder one complete lane where required, and butt each section together, and see how it goes.....

Any help or thoughts appreciated Thumbup

Pip

RE: Conductive copper tape - Kevan - 5th-Nov-24

Get some decent connectors, it'll take a bit of work initially but after that 2 seconds to join each one together underneath the track to bridge each board.

I'd recommend Deans connectors or cheap copies, the type that RC guys have used for decades.

RE: Conductive copper tape - CMOTD - 5th-Nov-24

Conductive tape will work but is not an ideal solution. Kevan gives good advice - invest in some connectors and spend a little time wiring them up. It will pay dividends in the long run. Many club tracks have to be assembled each time and all the ones I have seen use connectors.

RE: Conductive copper tape - KensRedZed - 5th-Nov-24

I'm with Kevan. Install jumpers once, and don't look back. Thumbup

RE: Conductive copper tape - Phil Kalbfell - 5th-Nov-24

I used a strip of electrical terminal strips, one part had brass rod inserted and the other part just had the screws, so all lanes connected easily.
Used this on both my 8 lane commercial track and later on our 4 lane club track.

RE: Conductive copper tape - chappyman66 - 7th-Nov-24

Yup, I had a three lane track that used a six-pin connector across each joint. Soldered a wire from the tape to the connector, plugged the connectors together.

The electronics folks have easy solutions.