 | | Hey Steve...
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| First, thought I'd visit this group to see what's up... Anyway, for the GBC--specifically the train portion--Few questions-- did you just connect an RCX to the track? did you use the 2x8 electrical plate to combine all outputs a la Mark Riley's (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) welcome (...) Yes. The train motor is just another 9v motor, much like the one with the Mindstorms kit. (...) No. The reason for doing that (using the electrical plate) is if you are running big trains that put a large load on the RCX, or (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for telling--mucho appreciated. You don't find that having one motor port powering the entire track to be hard on the RCX? Dave K (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) Not so far - both Steve & I have run numerous hours of GBC trains (engine plus a couple cars) from a 1.0 RCX. I only noticed two issues: (1) the output area of the RCX does get slightly warm, at least on mine, but never shut down due to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) We haven't used a large loop. Well, the loop at BF was big, but it was also divided into two segments. Also, the trains are only a couple cars long. It doesn't draw that much current. Steve (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| (...) I've had the same thing hapen when I'm using LDCC--'Whys the train moving slow??' <beep beep!> 'Rats! Reload the firmware...' Dave K (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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