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Re: Wiring Gear Motors
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:44:40 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Greg Majewski writes:
> Is it at all possible to wire a regular Lego gear motor to outside
> electronics? It seems like it could be done by cutting one end off of a Lego
> wire and reattaching other wires so that the motor could be plugged into
> something like a speed controller. I want to be 100% sure I can do this
> before I start snipping wires. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sure, you can wire it up to anything you want to. But do so at your own risk.
I've used an AC adaptor (12V, 1A output) with my 9V motors for quite a while
now and they work fine.
My only advice would be to cut your Lego wires a good length away from the
connector. You'll probably want to use this connector later and you'll need
a good length of wire to splice on to.
TJ
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| (...) As I (and I'm sure John Barnes as well!) have found it is possible to take the end connector apart and fit the two way ribbon cable back into it again. I've used this technique to make several medium length cables from a bunch of very long and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| Is it at all possible to wire a regular Lego gear motor to outside electronics? It seems like it could be done by cutting one end off of a Lego wire and reattaching other wires so that the motor could be plugged into something like a speed (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic)
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