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Re: Questions about doing a museum show
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:03:11 GMT
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Gail Meagher wrote:
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> I'm also curious about how many train motors we might go through. I know
> motor life will vary depending on many things (track design, weight of
> train etc.), but does anyone have a rough idea for how many motors we • [...]
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> Gail Meagher
> NovaLUG
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Gail,
From a person working at the SEE Science Center in Manchester NH where
a LEGO railroad is running through a 19th century mill city. Motors will
last "1-3 weeks. That is at 5 hours a day 7 days a week." So, a way to
run the engines only when people are present seems like the way to go,
but I don't have any information for doing that.
Good Luck!
Chris
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| (...) Either drive the whole set-up from an RCX with some sensors to detect when folks are present at certain places around the layout (no need for LDC here, just "power on / power off ability might be enough). If you don't like the RCX running a (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Questions about doing a museum show
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| I'm looking to pick the brains of clubs who have done longer duration shows, especially at a museum. NovaLUG (Nova Scotia, Canada) has been approached by a museum, but the longest show we have done before was one day setup and two day display. In (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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