Slot.it Slot Cars on Painted Carrera Track - BiggusMikus Slot Cars

Taking a few of my Slot.it cars for some test laps on my as-yet-unfinished race track.

[@markphillips5368]

Are you running the cars in an anti clockwise direction because the controller is wired for positive polarity, and the track is wired for negative polarity?

[@biggusmikus]

Yes. I was gifted the controller, which is positive, and it ran in the other direction. At first I thought this would be a problem, but it isn't. I bought a DS controller and use that for the other lane. Works great.

[@markphillips5368]

@@biggusmikus Thanks for being so prompt with your reply, Mikey. I'm assuming the DS is also a positive polarity controller.
My SCP-1 has a electric jug type plug on it so I will have to buy a matching socket and fit the wires with plugs to be able to use it on the Carrera track as well as using it on the wooden club track that I race on.
Do you have to swap the white and red plugs around on the power base, or do they remain the same?

[@biggusmikus]

@@markphillips5368 I swap the polarity of the power plug. That way all cars are running anti-clockwise. It doesn't take anything special other than flipping the plug around on the power base. Otherwise everything else is wired normally. Nice thing is I can take my SCP1 to a commercial track, plug it in and it'll work just fine.

[@symbian1530]

Nice cars and track. Do you have more grip on the painted track?

[@biggusmikus]

Thanks. It gives a little bit better grip, but it's just enough so it still feels like you could throw the back out with too much power.

[@TwoStrikes]

Is this with carrera digital? How did you reprogram the slot.it cars?

[@biggusmikus]

No, this is Carrera Evolution [analog]. Slot.it cars can be programmed for Carrera digital using a chip, tho.