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Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:02 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Peter Abrahamson wrote:
> .. converting my Emerald Knight to run on the 9 volt track..
> Peter
Peter-
Very cool. And "they" said it could not be done!
Question: What about leaving the 9V motor unit intact and still running a wire
from it to the Emerald Night's motor, giving 2 motors in parallel with more
pulling power and saving the disassembly of the powered rail motor?
-Ted
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Good question, Ted. That is what Ross did with the old 4.5 motor block-- he simply cut the ends off of a 4.5 volt wire and a 9 volt wire, spliced them together, and ran the 4.5 motor off of the power from the 9 volt train motor. JOHN (14 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track
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| (...) Ted Mainly due to the fact that the RPM will be different from each motor, meaning that one motor will be working much harder than the other, thus lessening the life of the overworked motor. Also the torque and friction is much higher in the (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track
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| Well, I have finally made an attempt at converting my Emerald Knight to run on the 9 volt track. Using the Power Functions as show in the instructions and a non functioning train motor unit I was able to make the engine run. I gutted the motor (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains)
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