Ok, so my next project on my bench was a Athearn RTR SD60 in NS paint. This was suposed to be an ''easy'' dight light install, but I think I messed this up.
Here was my thought process on this.....
I would solder a resistor in the little hole which the green wire runs to. Next I would scratch away a little of the covering on the board where the blue wire connects to. Connect one wire from each ditch light to one and the other 2 to the other spot. I figured this would work as I thought it would have been the same as hard wiring the decoder as per the Digitrax wire procedure.
Nope. The one and only function decoder I had, which had the motor part fried (In a loco i purchased this way), went up in smoke.
Below is a picture of the RTR lightboard. Was I in the wrong? Or just the decoder?
And yes all razzing welcome from you dcc guru's....
Here was my thought process on this.....
I would solder a resistor in the little hole which the green wire runs to. Next I would scratch away a little of the covering on the board where the blue wire connects to. Connect one wire from each ditch light to one and the other 2 to the other spot. I figured this would work as I thought it would have been the same as hard wiring the decoder as per the Digitrax wire procedure.
Nope. The one and only function decoder I had, which had the motor part fried (In a loco i purchased this way), went up in smoke.
Below is a picture of the RTR lightboard. Was I in the wrong? Or just the decoder?
And yes all razzing welcome from you dcc guru's....