Conductive couplers in non prepared wagons

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Most of the passenger trains have interior lights. I use conducting couplers, so I need only one pick-up shoe for a train. More sliders on one train may cause problems, especially the ones on the last wagon. You can change even the wagons that are not prepared for conducting couplers.
Amongst others I modified a passengertrain with 7 4-axle Württemberger wagons that way. Instead of the standard Märklin bars I started to use the RTS conducting short couplers.

Below you see several pictures of the modified Württemberger cars.

I use the standard Märklin interior lights.
Cut off the slider.
Soldered some extra wires to the slider's base.
Putted the end of a wire in the socket.
Pushed RTS couplers into sockets.
Of course you have to connect the two sockets.
That's all
You won't notice the wires.

Picture 1

Wires inside the car.
Passengers glued to their seats



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Picture 2

Connecting the two sockets.




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Picture 3

Another look into a car.




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Picture 4

Connecting the slider base to the extra wires.
Cut off the slider



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Picture 5

The result



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