7: Finished splice.
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6: Soldered splice, ready for shrink tubing.
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5: Wires hooked together for soldering.
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or breaking them. If you are not using Function 5 or 6, cut the
green and brown wires off at 2 or 3 inches and tape them back
onto the decoder along with any other unused wires and the
capacitor.
Assuming the decoder will be placed in the engine, it is impera-
tive that all wires be routed away from the motor shaft, flex
coupling, and any rotating parts. To make things easier, wire
the headlight and its dropping resistor, plus the wires to the
tender cable, and the wires and dropping resistor for the fire-
box LED, to the decoder on the bench beforehand.
Then the decoder and these wires and components can be
inserted into the boiler as a unit, avoiding a lot of splicing in
close quarters inside the boiler. (You can put the dropping
