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I decided to get the parts to convert my Hogwarts tender to the British whistle sound and I bought the chassis, board, speaker, plastic bits to hold them and like a dummy I did not get the 2 electrical connectors. Where can I find these and what size? Please help since I would like to have this completed this week.
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You'll have to talk to Lionel or a dealer. The Lionel connectors are not available at places like Mouser or Digikey, but only from the connector manufacturer. In order to get them from that source, you have to order a minimum of $100 worth of connectors!
Well I thought I had bought the right ones 2 different times and after getting some from ElectricRR I just removed the metal pin connectors from the plastic block and then in insulated each connector with shrink tubing and all works perfect now. I very good conversion.
Lionel has several different styles of connectors that look similar but are not compatible. In at least two of them, the pins are the same, just the connector bodies are different. I have no idea why they did that.
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