Installation, Wiring Phase
• Connections to the power are made first. Be sure to get the AC HOT and AC COMMON
identified correctly. In this locomotive, the Brown and Gray were the power pickup
wires, with the gray being the HOT, or 3
rd
rail. Use an ohmmeter to confirm your
locomotive’s wiring.
• The Blue/White wires on this loco are from the original direction lockout switch. This
can be used for the program/run Switch. Connect one of the wires from the direction
switch to the wire nut that is the AC COMMON connection.
• Locate a 2-pin connector with black and white wires, and plug this into the “Antenna &
Prog/Run” socket. Splice the other wire from the direction switch into the connector pin
marked “Prog/Run” in the pin designations. Leave the wire that corresponds to the
“Antenna” connection free at this time.
• Connect the wires from the motor(s) to the ”Motor” connections on the board. Do not
install any caps across the motor brushes. Do not try to figure out the correct motor
wiring polarity, we must test this now to figure out the correct polarity:
• In this example, the red and black wires are the motor connections. Locate a 2-pin
connector with white and black wires. Plus this into the “Motor” connector on the
Cruise Lite board. Connect these to the motor wires by twisting, and place a piece
of tape over the connections.
• Install the R2LC. Use caution not to miss by one pin pair to either side, as this
will certainly damage the components on both cards
• Check the Direction switch is “ON” (Run), and secure stray wires to prevent
shorting out to the track, and then test run the loco.
• When powered up, the loco default direction will be forward. If the loco goes
forward, splice the wires as connected. If the loco goes reverse, swap the wires
and splice.
• Remove the R2LC and set it aside.
• Locate the 3-pin connector with the Red, Black and White, wires. Plug this into the 3-pin
“Lamp” connector. Wire the lights as appropriate.
• If there is a Strobe Lamp, or a Smoke unit, this connection is made to the “Smoke” plug
using a 2-pin connector.
• If the loco is to have coil couplers, install them now, and plug them into the “Front and
Rear Coupler” connections.
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