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    Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power —Jason J. Railton
   (...) Well what you'll miss is your nice trains as they go flying off at the corners! The point is to still use the train controller for its primary purpose, to whit, controlling trains. But, to also tap off the main supply a steady 9V for running (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power —Tony Priestman
   On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jason J. Railton (<GLtzDM.30A@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:53:46 (...) Ah. I was wondering if you wanted to run an RCX off the track. I think I'd use the Control Centres that I have for constant 9V. Although I've been collecting (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: 9V Electric Wires / Train Power —Jason J. Railton
   (...) The dial just bridges tracks on a PCB. It uses an in-line resistor packet as a 'ladder', which controls the input to a voltage regulator IC (on a big heatsink). The output of that goes back to the controller for forward/reverse switching. I've (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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