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LEDS Without Track Isolators

Michael asks readers:

“Is there a simple way to turn on an LED when a switch is moved using a standard atlas switch control, without putting in a large number of track isolators?

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nelson t stahl
nelson t stahl
7 years ago

There has to be thousands of ways to do it ! Simple? Glue a small magnet to your frog tie and use a reed switch, when the magnet gets close to the switch it will conduct.

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