{"id":5629,"date":"2022-07-15T19:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2022-07-15T19:40:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:40:49","slug":"gladiator-j6-tender-wired-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5629","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator J6 &#8211; Tender Wired up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over on Western Thunder there was some discussion on the merits or not of Slaters Plunger pickups from a gent who had used them for the first time I mentioned that I was about to wire up the tender for the J6 with Slaters Plunger pickups and I offered to take photos as I went along. I thought they may&nbsp;be of use to someone else who may be contemplating using them but hasn&#8217;t seen them before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First I guesstimated the lengths of wire needed to reach from the plunger to the connections on a piece of Vero Board. These I soldered to the tags provided with the plungers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2-1024x569.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2-768x427.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2-500x278.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0001-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Wires soldered to tags<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board-1024x547.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board-768x410.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board-500x267.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mini-Plug-and-vero-board.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mini Plug and Vero board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connection between the tender and loco is to be by a mini plug sold for PC&#8217;s and bought via eBay some time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing that makes life a little easier when dealing with the 12BA nuts on Slaters Plungers is a pair of flat 12BA spanners available from Eileen&#8217;s Emporium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1-1024x846.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5632\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1-1024x846.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1-768x634.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1-363x300.jpg 363w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0003-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>12BA Flat spanners for tighening the nuts on the plungers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1-659x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5633\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1-659x1024.jpg 659w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1-768x1193.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_0007-1.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Wires in place ready for soldering to vero board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here it is all wires connected to the plungers and ready to solder to the Vero Board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5634\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis-1024x496.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis-300x145.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis-768x372.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis-500x242.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/J6-Wired-Chassis.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>J6 Wired Chassis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally all wired up. &#8211; The observant amongst you will note that the size of the Vero board has changed in the last photo. I made a right pigs ear of soldering the first piece managing to bridge the gaps between the strips with solder so I did it again. Thankfully I hadn&#8217;t got all the wires on before I cocked it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on Western Thunder there was some discussion on the merits or not of Slaters Plunger pickups from a gent who had used them for the first time I mentioned that I was about to wire up the tender for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5629\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladiator-lner-br-j6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5635,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions\/5635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}