Mate don't expect to see the spining wheel to actually stop when TC comes in,it brakes the spinining wheel so torque is transfered(through the "open diff") to the other wheel.
Put someone to observe from the outside,if while the left front wheel is spining (for example) and the right one takes some torque(spins but slower) then the TC is working(and the brakes will be quite hot afterwards!) but can't do miracles on very slippery stuff,if it was "wheels on air" kind of action,you might see the TC stoping the spining wheel for fractions of seconds.
Cheers.

