My second question of the day.

Can a lionel 135w power brick work with dcs? It has a pentagonal plug that fits into my powermaster. If it can work without givng a bad wave form, can I use a lionel 6-14194 tpc hook up so I do not have to cut the hexagonal plug off to use the 135w brick? Barry "the dcs guru" any idea?


Thanks,

Chris

FIREMANANCHRIS

Chris I set up three 135W bricks with my DCS system and they do a great job. Using the TPC plugs helps to make sure the phasing is the same on all the brick connections to the TIU

KJ, thanks for the help, much appreciated. Now I got to find who has those adapters.

Thanks again,

Chris

If you are not concerned about resale, you can do what I did which was to cut off the plug and use the wires directly into the TIU input. I have done that with several 180's as well as the TPC plugs.

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Originally posted by FIREMANCHRIS:
KJ, thanks for the help, much appreciated. Now I got to find who has those adapters.

Thanks again,

Chris

Chris,

Molex sells the connector and pins, the old P/N's are 1396P1 and 1396R1, they can direct you to a retailer.

Remember the "plug" is the female connector with male pins in Molex lingo and the "receptacle" is male connector with the female pins.

I once again want to thank everyone for the info. I ordered the adapter from a big train supplier. Lionel tech was extremely helpful locating who would have it and that I also appreciate. My DCS system arrived by UPS at 5pm and had my B&M F3 running in less than 5 mins. I truly mean 5 mins. I am currently running it with a lionel kw; a substitute until the adapter shows up and get lionel 135w brick in place. once again KG, winrose and lima for the tech support!



Thanks, Chris

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