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Thanks everyone for the info. I ran it again today. Slowed down and stopped. I smelled it and there was an odor of over-heating (burning sounds too dramatic), that my other motors do not have. I waited 5 minutes, tried it again. This time, it ran (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In playing... I accidentaly discovered a way to break in and loosen up neew engines. Using a battery box from my 8480 shuttle... The torqe is incredible. But do be careful, short runs only. That much amperage is a bit warm. Fred (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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G'Day Damm you guys are fast ! I was just doing the same thing and though (ha!) that I would be the first to post. (ha!) Anyway, my version came out about the same. This just shows the foresight of moving to 8 wide ! (grin/duck) Hopefully oneday we (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My guess is that the grease has dried up and the things slowly seizing up. As it heats up it causes my friction etc... As for a train motor, same thing I'd wager. The Train motors have a little metal heat switch that breaks the current when it (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I too have been running the motors in extended periods of time, but it has always been at full speed. Have you been running them for lengthy periods at very low speed with a PWM controller? This is an issue since some motors have a tendency to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol We at the GMLTC have run trains for 5+ hour stretches and the motors run like champs. Sometimes on longer trains they poop out and we give them a rest. That's all they seem to need. The motors are well designed to run for long periods and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Having just acquired my first LEGO trains last month, I'm concerned about keeping them happy and healthy. I'd like to have the trains run at low speed for an extended period of time (like an hour or so), but I'm also worried about what this might do (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) First, if the motor is relatively new, you probably can get CA to replace it. But it may be more fun to try to fix! I'm guessing here. Some people seem to have a problem with people guessing, so take it for what it's worth. Don't try any of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No help from me, sorry. I have a 9volt train motor that does exactly the same thing! I have the same questions as do you. Hmm.....Anyone else with the same problem? later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have a 9v motor that works for about 5 minutes, then slows down, and eventually stops. Wait 5 minutes, and it can go a little bit, then slows down, and stops. It's like the motor's juice needs to be re-charged. Is this motor dead? or is there (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So my wife doesn't kill me? Actually, she's on shaky ground if she complains at the moment... I just cleared a few hundred 1x2 tan and brown bricks out of brickbay for her... hmm... ;) (...) The tankers I see here out at Dow are attached very (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Only if they produced a larger radius curve so that our 8-wide trains didn't look *completely* whacked... :-) JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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(...) Oh really, how do *they* sound? ("Hey you, build 8 wide, and don't get any blood transfusions!") (...) I've got a hypothetical: What if TLC started producing 8 wide trains? Would that instantly make it "OK"? -John (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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(...) Oops, my bad. I didn't know that box cars came extra tall. I don't think you could make it any shorter and call it a highcube. It looks like is is 8 bricks and 1 plate tall (counting the 2 plate tall baseplate). A standard LEGO box car with (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.wamaltc)
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(...) ahem... those would be parts from the brand new <set:7106 droid escape pod>. --DaveL (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I see the picture, but what are "droid escape pod parts", and what set is it from? Please? /Eric/ (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Why stop at only 7? ;) They're actually pretty stable, more so than I'd have thought when I first started building. They'd probably crumble to individual elements if they hit the floor from table height, but to pick up and move they're not (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Kevin Maynes wrote in message ... (...) Not over here there ain't. Heh heh! Kevin (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there might be one or two left in the world... (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Nah, I cheated, I just remembered you wanted to build a copy of the tower. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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