While I had the bench test setup going I decided to hook up the dwarf signals I bought from a Hong Kong outfit called WeHonest (they are all over Ebay). What I found out is (DZ1000 switch machine middle wire connected to power and switch control unit middle wire connected to ground) is that in order to make the lights work I had to connect its green wire to ground, red wire to the DZ1000 yellow and the black wire with the resistor to the DZ1000 green. No other combination would work.
When get one of my Atlas O switch motors up and running I will test again but I expect the same results since I am connecting the motor's middle wire to power also instead of the normal connection to ground - contacted Atlas O and they said this was ok. I did this so that all toggle switches are connected to ground whether they are for Ross or Atlas O.
I finished testing the DZ1008 relays. Ended up with three bad all my fault.
First impression on the Chinese dwarf signals - they are small but the bulbs are bigger than normal as you can see in the photos. Big take away is that no relay is needed to make these signals switch. Only question now is how long do they last?????????
Joe
