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There are two issues here. 1. Can the motors sustain more than 9 volts without damage? If I was TLC designing motors for use by kids, I'd make sure there was a large safety margin. New batteries are typically 0.1 - 0.2 volts above their nominal 1.5 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about crazy adults with a thirst for more power? I used to run my old 4.5v motors with a 12v power source. They still work fine today ;-) -TJ (frequent sufferer of Tim "the Toolman" Taylor syndrome <insert manly grunting noise>) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) actually (...) I tried it "raw" without any controllers onto the excavator handset compressor/controller and it was *seriously* better than the 8.4V PP3 I had been using before. Of course with the PP3 there will be current issues, but even so (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have tried this too, with technic 4.5 volt motors and with 4.5 volt train motors. They make a lot of noise and a lot of rpms... at the end the little plastic axle of the 4.5 volt technic motor died due to heat. The motor itself probably (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Overpowering LEGO electric parts [was Re: Aviation Tractor MOC]
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(...) When I was a young'in I got tired of having to always ask my mom for more batteries to power the lights in my space bace (remember the old yellow 2x2 bricks with light bulbs in them?)... so I put the power leads from my 4.5 into the wall (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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