9 pin harness extension harness?

[montyvox]

Good morning gang-

Does anyone make a 9 pin female to female end harness?

I have a Tsunami TSU-1000 decoder, and I am looking to relocate it in an Athearn C44-9W.

I want to move the decoder from on top of the board to the radiator section, because the shell won't fit on the chasis with the bulky decoder on top of it.

I'm not sure if someone makes a 9 pin female to female extention harness or not. I have an 9 pin to 8 pin extention, but that won't work obviously.

Thanks in advance-
Matt

[montyvox]

Hi Mark-

I would want one that has female ends on both ends.

I don't know if I could splice two together or not.

[montyvox]

Thanks for the info Mark- I will have to get in touch with them.

Thanks
Matt

[railfanalex]

It might be easier to just solder the leads to each other to the length you need than trying to get a hold of something that doesn't seem to be all that common IMHO.

But that's only if you have the soldering iron and the two female plugs.

[montyvox]

Yeah, it's not right. I need a male/female.

I will say, I'm having a hell of a time with the decoder and trying to fit it all in the shell and then with the chasis on it.

[montyvox]

As a matter of fact, does anyone have any suggestions on how to install that?

I have a Tsunami TSU-1000 9 pin decoder- it won't fit on top of the board when I put the shell on, so I have to move it somewhere else.

I also have a railmaster wide speaker, and I planed on putting that near the radiator section, which is nice, as it pops off, and makes it easier for installing.

I spent almost 2 hours last night trying to put it in, and make it all fit, and it just wasn't happening for me- I did notice that the athearn board had 8 holes towards the back and I don't think that's for a 8 pin harness, which I have- would that work?

All in all, a frustrating evening last night.

Thanks
Matt

[montyvox]

Great, that's what I was wondering. I do have the socket, so I will use that.

Thanks for all of your help Mark, I appreciate it.

Thanks
Matt

[montyvox]

Actually, my board has the 8 holes where the socket would go.

Should I just solder the jumper there and then that's it?

Thanks
Matt

[railfanalex]

Sounds like the shell is pretty crammed. It might be best to remove that Athearn light board completely and hardwire the decoder if you think you can do it. It will solve your space problem, and reduce the chance that the Tsunami having any overheating problems.

Also, if you can place the flat part of de TSU-1000 (the heat sink) against another metal part in the frame to dissipate heat from the decoder, you'll lower the chance of overheating problems even more.

I've found from personal experience that the overheating issue with the TSU-1000 and TSU-750 can be quite common in tight confines of a jam packed shell. Anyone else have this same issue?

[diesel]

Ya, What Alex said. I know many (or most) use the existing board and plug in a decoder, but I have seen those things cause many problems, and in 2 instances cause fires. I'd say definately remove that board and just solder the wires. The only drawback is that you will have to wire in resistors for the lights.

[montyvox]

Thanks for your help guys.

I did end up soldering the 8 pin jumper into the board and then plugged in the decoder into that.

The decoder is resting comfortably right behind the cab, and it seems to have good ventilation, so hopefully, like the real thing, I won't see smoke.

I put in a railmaster wide speaker, and I put it in the radiator section of the unit- and that went in well. I had to do some modification to the shell- Athearn put in a cross member in that radiator section, and that needed to be removed, and the speaker fit in perfectly.

Then on the rear truck, I also had to do some tinkering on the metal pickup that looks like a letter L. I cut the top portion on the truck and slid the pick on it and, much to my amazement, everthing actually fit.

So I will give it a whirl tonight and see how it goes.

Thanks again guys, I appreciate all of your help.

Thanks
Matt