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Re: About Lego Motors being a "consumable"....
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Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:38:10 GMT
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hi
you know lego is my best toy
so when i hear that ppl say "gray ash appears"
my heart is broken
when i build model i'm using it very gently
i'm not leaving it working to see what will heppend
after 15 minutes continues working
and of course when i can see that the motor is stressed
i rebuild the construction
so i think my motors are in motor-paradise :)))
i confess i used 12V to power my hovercraft
but i heard ppl use 18V so if there is not too much stress...
all my motors including 4,5V works perfectly ok
pixel
"Stephane Simard" <plague@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:H9JqM4.316@lugnet.com...
> ... this is a reply to a message (I don't remember where I read it, I • think
> it's in robotics, and definitely don't remember the one who said that)
> saying that Technic motors were basically consumable, and that person said
> he has lost 2 motors in the last year.
>
> Well my reply is that I disagree, I don't view them as being consumable. I
> think you're simply unlucky, I own a 4.5V motor from a 8700 power pack • that
> I bought in 1987 and it runs as great as ever, I think it runs even better
> than some brand new 9V motors that I recently bought. I don't think motors
> simply "wear out", if it does it must be because some part of it inside • was
> too fragile to begin with, but it's hard to assess since we usually can't
> dismantle them, they are too tightly sealed.
>
> Some cheap toy cars I got when I was a kid stopped working months after I
> got them (*coughIrwinStomperTruckscough*), but that's because the design • and
> assembly were sloppy (that's Made in Taiwan for you). Besides my 8700 • motor,
> most of the higher quality toys I bought in the 80's still work; and most
> electric tools still work, as well. Some razors and hair clippers of mine
> have a 20-30 year lifespan, and those things are exposed to humidity, • dirt,
> hair, etc. A good way to assess if a motor will last, is by the smell. All
> those old cheap toys from Taiwan had a bad, smoky smell after only a few
> minutes of play. None of my Lego motors ever did that.
>
> But still, I agree that it would be a disaster if Lego stopped making
> motors; if that ever happened, god forbid, we'd have to order them
> custom-made (read: $$$$$$$$$$) from talented engineers (such as • hitechnic).
>
> Stephane
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