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Aristo C-16 new-style connector wiring?

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#1

A guy on GSC sent me a pic of the back of his cab, and his C16 is one of the newer ones, with a pnp socket in the tender. That big connector carries wheel pickups to the tender and carries power back to the motor. As far as I recall, it won’t run without something plugged in or a rewire.

Tims-C16-cab-rear.jpg

I have a spare tender with an old 2-pin connector, which he wants to use. We can make it work, but it would be easier if we know how the big plug is wired. Anyone have or know a source for a diagram?

#2

Shouldn’t be that hard to trace out, then create a dummy plug or adapter to your 2 pin.

Use a multi-meter on continuity setting to trace the wheels to the plug. Knowing that use the resistance setting of the meter to find the motor. The rest is probably lights.

#3

As it isn’t my loco, I was trying to minimize the work involved. . . .

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