Dear Ed,
Does your decoder have a medium NMRA plug on one end? That would
make it a lot easier to just plug the decoder into the SW1 socket. If
the DC shorting plug works, I would be very surprised if it was the
engine having the problem. Do you have another decoder to plug into
the socket?
Don
On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Edward Davis wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a SHS SW-1 diesel that I'm trying to get running. I have
> removed the
> shell and all of the insides, choosing to hard wire and add sound.
> I'm trying to
> get the engine running before I do anything else. Here's the
> problem: I have
> both ends of the orange and gray wires that are connected to the
> motor. I also
> have the ends of the red and black wires that are connected to wheel
> wipers on
> each side (four wheel pickup). After programing a new decoder, and
> connecting
> the red and black wires to the red and black wires on the decoder
> and connecting
> the orange and gray wires to the same on the decoder, I can't get
> the motor to
> turn over. The decoder works on other locos. I even tried another
> decoder that
> is working on another loco. I don't believe the problem is in the
> decoder. I
> tested the motor with dc power ( minus the decoder)and the engine
> ran fine. I
> haven't tried string yet, Bob. There has to be a problem in the
> wiring but I
> can't figure what I've done wrong. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Ed Davis
> Stockton
>
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