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Simon Robinson wrote:
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> Perhaps the test should be whether you can hide the non-lego part, either
> by having it a long way away from the Lego (like a plug connected by a lead)
> or by burying it inside your Lego model and surrounding it by bricks so
> you can't see it. Would you be happy with a non-lego transformer if
> you could do that? :)
No. The true craftsman would know. I'm not a true craftsman but I would
know too.
The GMLTCers rag on me all the time because I want to get details that
the public will not see correct, such as making buildings symmetrical
and architectually correct instead of scaffolding up something.
I think where I went over the top the worst was in making wiring
chases... there is a spot on the back of each module where speed
controllers can go. That spot (wide enough to hold 3) is done all in
yellow. Each speed controller has a wiring chase leading into the middle
of the module to run wiring down. I got excessively obsessed about
making sure that the walls of the chase were yellow too, even though you
can't see the wall color unless you take the controller out and peer
down it with a flashlight. People actually threw things at me because I
wouldn't stop going on about it. (1)
However, back to the specific topic of 220V, I am beginning to resign
myself to using a stepup transformer, because I could, after all, rewire
my house to bring 220 to where I needed it and a stepup is just a more
convenient way of doing that than stringing 220 wire through the walls.
Followups to .build since there doesn't seem to be a
lugnet.obsessive-compulsive group yet.
1 - discerning readers will note a hint of pride mixed in with the above
laughing at myself...
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| (...) AAh, the slippery slope. First, it's "I *could* rewire the whole house to 220 to avoid using a transformer; this is *merely* a convenience." Then it's "this Tyco block *is* the same color, and I'm sure TLG would get around to making this (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Perhaps the test should be whether you can hide the non-lego part, either by having it a long way away from the Lego (like a plug connected by a lead) or by burying it inside your Lego model and surrounding it by bricks so you can't see it. Would (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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