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Re: 110 VAC powered lego motors
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Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:56:59 GMT
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> > in some other thread, Mathias said:
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> It's two "t"'s
I am sorry. I was doing it from memory, and i thought I did so well by
remembering the combination of "hias" that I forgot the easy part of
Matt.
As you (and all of Lugnet) are aware, I am a very poor speller. I don't
know why, I always have been, I always will.
Sure, the netscape 4.72 spell checker is OK, but those darn homonyms get
me. and don't get me started on does and dose ARGH!
their
there
they're
double ARGH.
> I dragged out
> my variac (rated at 18A - it ain't light) and powered the RCX with it.
> (through the Lego train transformer, of course - although I could have
> done it directly, I'm not that crazy)
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> It didn't effect the robot's performance.
I have been having almost a parallel conversation with Trevyn.
How low could you drop the variac before you noticed the rcx fade?
Chris
Pretend i can spell.
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| (...) That's O.K. Truth be known, It was actually just an excuse to tease you with the long-running, heavily-worn "Mango" joke. (...) So why don't you guys share it with the rest of us? I have to wonder how much interesting and potentially useful (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 110 VAC powered lego motors
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| (...) It's two "t"'s Mr. Mango :-) (...) My point here is this: I was using the Lego train transformer, which is just that: a transformer (10:1 ie. 120VAC in yields 12VAC out - no regulation, no filtering) If the voltage at the wall drops 8.3% (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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