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Re: The pole reverser - what's it do?
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:19:08 GMT
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"Eric Albrecht" <blakbird11.nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.technic, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> > The last sentence is especially misleading. In 8293 the LEDs are
> > connected
> > directly on the battery pack. So they continue to function regardless of
> > the
> > state of the pole reverser. But of course if the LEDs are connected to
> > the pole
> > reverser they are off when the switch is in the middle position!
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> This leads me to a question. PF uses 4 wires instead of 2, and it is my
> understanding that the pole reverser only switches two of these and the
> other 2
> remain powered. Could the LEDs then be made to stay on with the Pole
> Reverser
> in the middle position by simply using the other wires?
>
> Eric
I would have thought either:
A) The LEDs are using the outer two contacts which are biased one direction
and have to be turned off at the battery box switch.
B) same as above but can also be turned off with the pole reverser (by
breaking that connection)
or
C) the LEDs have a built in bridge rectifier and connect to the two inside
contacts, of which can change direction based on battery box switch position
or reversing switch position.
I would have assumed A, but I do not have any of these to test.
-Rob
www.lifelites.com
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| (...) And the winner is...... C!!!! I put my meter on the outside poles and got nothing. open. I put my meter on the inside poles and found 9M ohms in one direction but 6M in the other ? This means the lights[1] use the same source as the IR (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) This leads me to a question. PF uses 4 wires instead of 2, and it is my understanding that the pole reverser only switches two of these and the other 2 remain powered. Could the LEDs then be made to stay on with the Pole Reverser in the middle (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.technic)
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