Cab Bus Parts

CHOOSING PARTS & BUILDING YOU OWN CABLE

Below are NAME BRAND PARTS made by the original manufacture of the type of parts. Yes there are cheaper parts but you get what you pay for. No name parts have the most risk. Given how important these parts are to the basic EVERYDAY reliability of the DCC system, why skimp on price given how little overall these parts cost.

To that end one should use the RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB in making sure one does a quality job of making cables. The tools are found here:

Telco Making Cable Tools

I have a section discussing how to build these cables: Go here:

Telco Cable Topics

Date of this web page: 7/24/2012 for part number reference only.

CAB BUS / LOCONET, PLUG, 6P6C, RJ12, Modular

Description: Modular Plug, 6P6C, Gold Plated contact pins

DCC brand compatibility: ALL DCC BRANDS THE USE A 6P6C PLUG

Manufacture Brand Name: TE electronics (Tyco Electronics)Manufacture Part Number: 5-555042-3

Compatible Wire Type: Stranded Wire 24 to 26 AWG

Compatible Cable Type: Flat/Oval. NOT ROUND.

Manufacture Spec Drawing: 555042

Part Source information:

Digikey Part number: A9118-ND General Search for "6P6C modular plug flat" and choose "modular - plugs". Part numbers do change over time.

CONTROL BUS, PLUG, 4P4C, RJ-H, Modular

Description: Modular Plug, 6P6C, Gold Plated contact pins

DCC brand compatibility: NCE, SystemOne/Wangrow, Ramtraxx

Manufacture Brand Name: TE electronics (Tyco Electronics)Manufacture Part Number: 5-641334-2

Compatible Wire Type: Stranded Wire 26 to 28 AWG

Compatible Cable Type: Flat/Oval. NOT ROUND.

Manufacture Spec Drawing: 641334

Part Source information:

Digikey Part number: A105196-ND General Search for "4P4C modular plug flat" and choose "modular - plugs". Part numbers do change over time.