Con-Cor ALCO PA-1

Scale:
N Scale


This installation uses the following decoder:


This installation documentation is for the N-Scale Con-Cor ALCO PA-1. This installation uses the TCS Z2P-VO decoder.

Before the decoder is installed. Original light board with plug (marked in red) is shown.
Dummy plug removed by gently pulling it straight up.
Picture of The Locomotive's chassis with our Z2P-VO decoder plugged-in (marked in red).
Close up of the installation.
Some filing might be required to fit the Z2 board between Locomotive chassis. If that is the case, gently file both sides of the board before installing the shell.

Important Soldering Tip

Please do not use any flux either liquid or paste on the mother board. Over time, the acidic properties of liquid or paste flux will begin eating away at the fiberglass PCB and will damage it. Use only Rosin-core solder or no-clean flux approved for electronics use.

TCS recommends the use of Kester "44" Sn63 Pb37, .015" diameter Rosin-core solder. Kester part number 24-6337-0007.

You can order this solder from the following retailers:
Digikey - PN:KE1110-ND
Techni-Tool - PN:488SO6775

Other solder tips

When stripping wire, only strip a tiny little bit of the insulation. Strip no more than a 1/32 of an inch. When the wire gets tinned with solder, the insulation will shrink back more. Try to not expose any more wire than half the length of the solder pad at most. In no case should solder or exposed wire wire ever be outside the boundary of the the solder pad you are attaching a wire to.
Click here for important information on properly Stripping and Tinning wire