Gremlin Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Hi All I am looking for some connectors to use when wiring Kato Unitrack power and points. Kato use a connector that is similar to but not quite the same as some others on the market, specifically the Mini Tamiya Kyosho Battery Connector. I have bought four "different" third-party brands of the mini Tamiya/Kyosho connector and none quite fit, the problem is the square part of the male plug is always to large for the female Kato plug. And I can't find a source of the genuine Kato plugs as I guess that they are not sold separately. Any suggestions, apart from sanding the plugs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harvey Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I take it none of these help. https://www.traintrax.co.uk/unitrack-gauge-unitrack-accessories-c-28_8.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Cut the plug off and wire as per any normal non Kato wiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 14 hours ago, Mike Harvey said: I take it none of these help. https://www.traintrax.co.uk/unitrack-gauge-unitrack-accessories-c-28_8.html Not really, I want the bare plugs so I can do my own wiring runs of whatever length I need... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanj666 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Hi, A little late to reply on this I suspect, the connectors used by Kato are very similar to mini-Tamiya (sometimes called Airsoft) types, but sadly not identical. What I've always done is to sacrifice a Kato cable where I need to put my own in and put a mini-tamiya on the end then I can use my own cabling all the way until I need to convert back to Kato. One Kato cable can supply both a male and female end for such extensions. This is fine for most of my usage, especially on N Gauge layouts where I use a low power feed on DCC (such a NCE Powercab uses). If you're using a larger amount of power in O or OO gauges there is a possibility they can fail to handle the power and they can fail horribly (never happened to me on a 10 amp DCC system yet, but the possibility does exist). Hope that helps a little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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