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Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:18:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Sterling wrote:
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That’s a great idea! Do you any pictures of your setup and how you routed
the wire between the motors? This sounds like something I would love to try.
Thanks for the tip.
-Dave
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Running wires between cars is probably not as tough as getting the lead from the
motor to the car or engine. Although LEGO made a train headlamp kit, the wire
coming off the motor connector tended to get in the way, especially on turns. We
often thought that it would be nice to route the wire through the center of the
motor pivot pin, leaving the challenge to routing the wire between trains. For
our proof of concept, we didn’t try to disguise or minimize the inter-car
connect. Conceptually, one idea might be to take tiny super magnets with a wire
lead attached to each and mount two of them side by side in place of the LEGO
magnet in each coupler. That way, when the cars couple up, electrical contact is
made at the same time. There certainly are small magnets that are more powerful
than the LEGO supplied ones.
-Ted
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| (...) Ted: That's a great idea! Do you any pictures of your setup and how you routed the wire between the motors? This sounds like something I would love to try. Thanks for the tip. -Dave (16 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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