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Re: Anyone using motors, etc. in Castle creations?
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 08:32:41 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > > I'm using the larger battery box. I haven't tried multple boxes yet, mostly
> > > because I haven't dug up 6 spare batteries yet. I will try it when I get a
> > > chance, and let people know the result.
> >
> > My 2 cents worth to solve the problem of dim lights: why not not try using a
> > plug-in transformer from one of the train sets? Not only will this support a
> > large load of lights, but you will actually have complete remote control over
> > the whole light array and never needlessly drain batteries.
>
> I'm not using one because I don't have one. ;)
> If I ever see a train with enough castle-applicable parts to interest me, at a
> good discount, I may get one. Until then, I shall rely on the battery box.
> Unless there's some altruistic train-head out there with too many of these?
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> BTW, I still haven't had an opportunity to try two of the large battery boxes,
> but I have substituted the smaller for the larger, and it made a huge
> difference in how dim it was. So I'm thinking that two boxes might make the
> whole thing brighter.
>
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
Just buy a tranformer seperatly.
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| (...) I'm not using one because I don't have one. ;) If I ever see a train with enough castle-applicable parts to interest me, at a good discount, I may get one. Until then, I shall rely on the battery box. Unless there's some altruistic train-head (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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