I was reading info on use of incandescent bulbs in short detection and found a thread in an old MRH issue that was very helpful. Then I went poking around on the net for sources for the bulbs and ended up finding another option, and posted it to the thread I'd been reading. I thought I was just resurrecting an old thread that would pop up here, but no. So here's a link to that old thread and then my post from the end of it:

The capacitor broke off the Digitrax SDH116D sound harness.  The image in the manual is almost clear enough, not quite.

What two wires go to the capacitor? Which is negative or positive?

from the top:

1. black
2. white
3. black to speaker
4. purplish black
5. blue
6. green
7. yellow
8. red to speaker
9. red
10. brown

Dear friends,

I'm in a need of a sanity check...or maybe just a few more pairs of eyes to point out some glaring obvious thing I forgot to do.

I believe I've reached a milestone - fully completed roadbed for my Staging deck. The plywood is secured, the cork is glued and painted. Next step would be to start laying track down, or is that the next step?

Have I forgotten something minute (or major), a "side quest" I have to fulfill before the gang crews are unleashed onto the sea of brown?

Hello All,

So It seems that the ESU CabControl system has been sold out everywhere for the last couple of months. (unless I'm missing something)  Anyone know what the deal is there? Is it just super popular? Are they having supply problems? Is it on it's way towards being discontinued and I just don't know it? I was planning on picking one up for my layout but I'm a bit nervous about long-term viability of a product I can't find in stock anywhere.

Any insight is helpful!