Powering of Function Wires

QUOTE (zmil @ 8 Aug 2008, 14:57) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi All
I asked this question of TCS regarding powering some functions with the blue wire and some by half wave.(see below)
now I have another Question
Powering the white wire from the red (half wave)
and Powering the yellow with the Black(the other half wave)
is it permissible?
Regards Zmil

***You already have your answer in the TCS email, however my question is why bother?

The chassis is always to one or the other not both and I can see no reason to complicate life in the way you propose ever.

As to half wave, its mostly a lighting issue and its (almost) always better to dump the bulbs in EU loco's and replace with LEDS...especially with HO scale, and without doubt always better practice to wire the locos properly as per DCC recommendations.... which also gives better lighting control in the end.

Why do you want to compromise and complicate things so much - I am quite curious?

Richard
DCCconcepts

Hi Richard
I had a dead Roco loco , and I was trying to find out why
When I checked the wiring , the Rear lights were powered from the opposite rail to the front lights
I thought it may have caused a problem
This Loco (BR290) has very little space inside , so the decoder was installed on top of the motor in the Cab
The Loco had run hot and stopped working (I was told) I could not coax it to go
on dc or DCC
However when I stripped it down removed the decoder (TCS M4) and wiring
tested the Loco on DC direct to the motor , it worked
So next I tested the Decoder on my test motor , and it worked also
so I rewired the decoder back in place and its working just like it was new
I'm still baffled as to why it had stopped working ,
the motor was not jammed and power was measured going to the decoder and to the motor.
no dry soldered joints
I was sure it had been over heated and fried
But it works now , so far so good
Regards Zmil