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Re: Source switch?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:50:26 GMT
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Tilman,

Thanks for the input, I was afraid the "reversing" switch was going to be my
only option. I have a pair of them, but I was hoping for a more elegant
solution.

jt

In lugnet.robotics, "Tilman Sporkert \(webMethods\)" <tilman@webmethods.com>
writes:
> There just to be a "reversing" switch. It has one output and one input. You
> put a technic axle trough it to operate it, and it has 4 positions: forward,
> off, reverse, off. You can rig two of these together to get the function you
> are looking for. The only problem is that it's currently not available in
> any set. The last set that I remember seeing it in was the Technic
> Spaceshuttle. It has two of them. Until a few years ago, it was also sold
> through Lego Dacta.
> 
> Tilman
> 
> > I've look in a few Dacta catalogs and haven't found what I was
> > looking for,
> > so I figured I'd ask the experts.
> > 
> > Is there a LEGO electric switch that has one input and can switch between
> > two outputs? Basicly I want to have a power supply come into the
> > switch and
> > be able to switch the power to one of the two outputs. Is there such a
> > beast? If so, would the switch work in the reverse? One output switching
> > between two inputs.



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Source switch?
 
Here is an LCAD drawing of a two-way power splitter that uses a single switch. (URL) post is at: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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  RE: Source switch?
 
There just to be a "reversing" switch. It has one output and one input. You put a technic axle trough it to operate it, and it has 4 positions: forward, off, reverse, off. You can rig two of these together to get the function you are looking for. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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