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In lugnet.trains, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> > > I'm going to experiment by leaving the motor on for a while,
> > > and seeing what happens.
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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.
>
> 20 minutes?!?! Yikes!
I've had a couple people say that now. :)
> 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... ;-)
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 much more than that.
> p.s. I would have never guessed that a motor would have survived that. It's
> good to know, though. Thanks for sharing.
There doesn't appear to be any lasting damage, although it's now hard to
tell, since I didn't mark it, and they all look and operate the same. :)
thanks,
James
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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