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How do I connect/disconnect the power bus between modules?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by cacole</i> <br /><br />It's about time the plug and socket standard for modules be revised to something other than those Cinch-Jones connectors. <br /> <br />I understand the reasoning for selecting the Cinch-Jones connector was its polarization so the electrical connection between modules made by different people would be the same and interchangeable, but the last time I tried to purchase some of them I could find only one source -- Mouser Electronics in Mansfield, Texas, and they had nearly tripled in price. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Why change? [?] The Cinch plugs are darn near indestructable, over 10 years of taking modules to shows , we have yet to break one. heck, we've even run over 1 with a trailer and all we had to do was straighten the pins. <br />Molex has failed on us, 5-pin din connectors have failed us, trailer connections have failed ( I wind up replaceing the one on my trailer bi-yearly) RJ connectors are a joke! <br /> <br />Digi-key, Mouser and others stock them (the 2 pins are getting harder to get, but the 6 and 8 pins are easier to obtain) <br /> <br />Terminal strips will work just fine on a layout that might only be moved a few times, but laying on my back trying to attach screws from below ain't model railroading,,,,its a sick form of torture![}:)][}:)][}:)] <br /> <br />
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