A friend and I were talking about the possibility of swapping PS 2 tenders with PS 3 engines and vice versa. I said it should be OK, other than the ones with the older 5 volt boards, and he thought that any swap would cause problems. Any opinions on the topic?
George
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I would not do it. Unless the wiring in both locos and both tenders are identical, which is a possibility not a probability, you shall blow electronics.
DON'T DO IT! First off, they wouldn't connect anyway, PS/3 steam has a 6-pin "wireless" tether, and PS/2 steam either has the 10-pin "wireless" tether or a 10-pin standard tether. You should NOT swap tenders, even between PS/2 stuff unless you are SURE they are compatible.
Steam locos with PS3 electronics use a 2-part board; a tender board and boiler board. PS2 locos generally have the electronics installed in the tender and MUX boards in loco and tender in premier locos. Besides the incompatibilty of tethers/drawbars do not mix PS2 and PS3 or you will let the magic smoke out.
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