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Subject: 
Re: Source switch?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 02:16:38 GMT
Original-From: 
Brian B. Alano <{alano@kiva.}NoSpam{net}>
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Here is an LCAD drawing of a two-way power splitter that uses a single switch.
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/?n=282

Originator's post is at:
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dat/?n=141

which references a two-switch design:
http://carol.wins.uva.nl/~leo/lego/motorswitch.html

"James J. Trobaugh" wrote:

> 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.



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  Re: Source switch?
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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