Lionel E Unit Wiring Diagram

Most lionel e units follow the conventions in the diagram below.

Lionel e unit wiring diagram. One wire usually reaches further than the other so just attach them to whichever brushes they can reach. Find your wiring diagrams for e unit lionel 204 here for wiring diagrams for e unit lionel 204 and you can print out. The 726 90 e unit was replaced by the 100 25 with longer wires. The two yellow wires from the e unit go to the motor brush holders.

In addition to providing a reversing function they converted the transformer ac power to dc power to run the can motors. Wiring diagrams product name or number to search for service documents for a certain product please enter the product number or the first few letters of the product you are looking for below and click the search button. Remove the e unit if you wish. W1 1 wire 24 awg stranded cu brown plastic sheath 200 mm.

Lionel introduced electronic e units in 1980 to control locos with dc can motors. Since the going rate for a functioning lionel e unit is 30 45 i assume if you re bypassing it you intend to remove it and use it. It included a pullmor motor and a mechanical 3 position e unit. Lionel e unit 00 0103 00 paul romsky theory of operation 05 feb 2015 revision a preliminary reversed engineered page 1 of 14 lionel e unit 00 0103 00 theory of operation.

The 8763 was cataloged in 1977 78. The e unit usually has three more wires. Wiring was similar to postwar geeps. Lionel postwar locomotives lionel postwar accessories lionel postwar non op cars lionel postwar op cars lionel postwar pass cars lionel loco service info lionel transformers lionel rc track lionel service tools lionel trucks and couplers lionel whistles tenders lamps lionel o prewar locos.

Ttp s free online library of lionel service information. If you find any of the wire insulation is missing a cheap and easy way to shore it up is to slide a piece of 3 32 heat shrink tubing over it before making your wire connections. You should be aware that lionel created very few illustrations and diagrams for prewar engines if there is. As an example lionel specified the 726 90 e unit for the 1947 and later production of the 726.

Lionel had numerous part numbers for their various e units but many times the only difference between one and another is the length of the wires that allowed the e unit to be connected to the field and brushes.