 | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —David Koudys
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| | | In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Well, that's 3 motors. That's all the microcontrollers I purchased. I only have 4 motors anyway... Might have to work that thing out with Jeff E for more. Let me just say, I just (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —Jeff Elliott
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| | | | (...) I'm thinking you might get credit for swapping a DCC motor for one without, Mister handy-with-an-iron. :) (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —David Koudys
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| | | | (...) <snip> Seriously, the hardest part is getting all those plastic tabs off the bottom so you can get the thing open. My controllers were ultra tiny and cost me 44.95 per at Modellers Choice in upper Hamilton (Upper James b/w Rymal and (...) (21 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) Mario installed a Digitrax DH121 into a motor pack for me last night. It's an HO scale unit ($28 at George's Trains in Toronto) but it didn't fit in the pack, so we have it actually wired out into the inside of the locomotive. I have the pack (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —James Powell
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| | | | (...) The DN121's (in fact, any DN series) decoders can be a tad long for fitting crosswise. However, the good news is it is not the PCB that is long, but the heat shrink. Therefore, my suggestion is to gently cut the end of the heat shrink with a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) I'm thinking of using a Digitrax DZ143 now. They're about the same price and a lot smaller. (URL) only thing I was concerned about was the rating for current, but that's 1.25 and the DH121 was 1.5A. Someone was saying that the RCX was around (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...) —Mark Riley
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| | | | (...) and a (...) that's 1.25 (...) build a (...) Hi Calum, The Lego train motors will draw about 750ma when stalled. So, the DZ143 can handle the worst case scenario. Most of the time however, the decoder and motor draw only a fraction of that (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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