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In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> > I'm going to experiment by leaving the motor on for a while,
> > and seeing what happens.
> Well, some good, some bad. The good is that leaving the motor going in one
> direction for 20 minutes causes no separations and no apparent stress to any
> parts.
20 minutes?!?! Yikes!
I've stalled my motors often, but only for a few seconds. I imagined that
would be the same situation for your switch. Leaving it on for 20 min-
you're boldly going where no Technic-head has gone before... ;-)
TJ
p.s. I would have never guessed that a motor would have survived that. It's
good to know, though. Thanks for sharing.
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| (...) I've had a couple people say that now. :) (...) Normally the switch won't even have it stalled for a few seconds; it takes less than a second of power to flip the switch over. Just tapping the button isn't *quite* enough time, but it's not (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Well, some good, some bad. The good is that leaving the motor going in one direction for 20 minutes causes no separations and no apparent stress to any parts. The bad is that it did overheat the motor, which wouldn't run again until it cooled (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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