Gaugemaster Model W Wiring

[Tony Davis]

Bit confused by what Gaugemaste deem to be the "Plug viewed from the rear", so, when wiring a din socket, looking at the terminal connections, (as in the attached photo) and following Gaugemaster's wiring colour recommendations, should the pins from the left in the photo be blue, yellow, spare, black, red, or vice versa?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

[kevinlms]

Viewed from the rear, would to my mind, (such as it is), refer to how you would look at it to solder. So that would be as you describe. 

 

At worst, you have a 50% chance of getting it wrong!

[Tony Davis]

But I'm worried that it won't like having 16v AC put through the wrong end.

[cliff park]

Do Gaugemaster tell you the pin numbers? They are usually moulded into the plastic beside the pins. If you think the numbering strange it's because these were originally audio systems,  1 Earth 2 Signal in 3 Signal out. Then when stereo arrived two more pins were needed so to keep them compatible the numbering became 1,4,2,5,3. 

[Tony Davis]

I emailed gaugemaster who told me that the what they meant by the rear of the socket was what I thought. I duly wired the socket and connected to 16v output and to the track as instructed. I got a red light on the controller but no output to the track. I then pulled the plug cover back to have a look at the lead colours inside. (see photo), now, not sure if it is clear in the photo, but it differs from those described which, from left to right are blue, yellow, spare, black, red, whereas on the plug I have they are Yellow, Red, spare, Black, blue.

 

I am now wondering whether I should re-wire the din socket to reflect the colours actually in the plug ( I realise that it is the connections that the wires go to that matters, not the colours, but I am sure you understand what I am getting at), or if the unit is faulty ( I bought it from a "well known auction site".

 

As stated in a previous post, I am worried that if I wire incorrectly that it will damage the unit?

 

Thoughts please

 

 

[RobjUK]

I can't make out all the connections in the plug photo, but it looks confused?

eg. Red where black should be in the diagram & yellow where red should be?

 

Lift the insert out of the shell and work from the "notch", comparing that to the sideways oriented notch in the diagram.

 

If Gaguemaster have standard colours, I'd guess someone has rewired or changed the plug for some reason.

Edited March 28, 2019 by RobjUK

[Tony Davis]

Did as suggested, I now have a working controller, so thanks RobjUK.

 

Regards,

 

Tony