Yes, so you can hook it up the usual way. But then you'd have to cut the blue wire to remove the decoder. Seems like a silly interface. Maybe makes sense on old locos where the headlight is grounded to the frame and only has one wire, but then it wouldn;t have the socket for that plug anyway. Seems like it was mostly for N scale to keep the size down.
--Randy
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Thanks Randy. By the way, I´ve seen that in the LokPilot from ESU (mobile decoder) with NEM 651 harnes the blue cable remains in the decoder but free, unsoldered to the connector
The other side of the lights, that would normally go to the blue wire, are instead connected to one of the rail pickups - this is what is often called "half wave" lighting. So yes, you can leave off the blue wire.
Hi friends: I´ve a Rivarossi S100 0-6-0 with a NEM 651 socket (6 pins) and I want to connect an ESU Loksound V4 micro sellect with a 8 cable harnes. The green cable is unused, the problen is what to do with the blue (common) cable. It´s possible solder the cables to a 6 pin male connector leaving the blue common unsoldered?. It will work without the blue cable?.
Thanks for your replies
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