Having successfully opened the tender of my Bachmann 4-8-2 heavy and am prepared to insert the 8 pin plug. How do you tell which way to plug it in. Should the wires of the plug extend to the center of the tender or to the outside edge?
The orange wire connects to pin 1 on the 8-pin plug. The socket should be marked with a dab of paint, a little arrow, or something, to show you where to insert pin 1. If you put the plug in backwards, no harm will be done, but the lights will not work correctly. If that happens, simply unplug the decoder, reverse the plug, and reinsert it. Hope this helps.
OldTimer
Thanks for the great information..worked like a charm.
Lewis