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Re: Use for Bad Lego Motor
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:51:23 GMT
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Talk to LEGO, they are very understanding about this. They swapped 3 dead
motors out for me, and two of them were at least 18 months old. I couldn't
even remember what sets they came in, let alone packaged.
Regards, Dave.
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patel wrote in message <008f01c0760d$d61310c0$d5ec013d@default>...
> Even i have 3 motors that hardley move by hand I'm in india and i brought
> this kit and extra motors 1 1/2 years back ,, but i thought that as i just
> kept it like that and did not use it it got stuck . I never knew lego
> supplies bad motors ,, does any one have a soultion to this ?? i dont think
> it will be possible to send it back , as out of three, only one is packed ..
> altogether i have around 8 motors .. ..
> Can i use the stuck motors again ??
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> Dr Patel
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> From: Bill Edstrom, Jr. <billjr@edstrom.com>
> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:17 AM
> Subject: Use for Bad Lego Motor
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> > The new Mindstorms RIS 1.5 set I gave my son for Christmas had a bad motor
> > right out of the box. The motor is just jammed up and will barely turn by
> > hand. I emailed Lego and they are sending me a new one (in up to 3 weeks!).
> >
> > We couldn't wait to get started to I went to all the stores here looking for
> > any set with a motor and finally settled on the RoboSports expansion kit.
> >
> > When are now building the vehicles in the main kit using the motor from
> > Robosports.
> >
> > Anyway, I know have this bad motor. I can easily remove the guts with the
> > jammed motor. This looks like a great starting point for some sort of custom
> > sensor or actuator. Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
> > -Bill
> >
> >
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