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sliding knife switch
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 9 Jun 2002 03:06:51 GMT
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Hi All,
Here's a concept of a sliding knife switch (multipole). My original idea for
this was to use this to energize the rails in a round house, thus
guarenteeing never more then one hot. I think it might apply to a yard as well.
The slide mechanism can be inplemented differently to add poles. Or a
different solution to avoid making contact with more then one wire, so you
can have the wire bricks next to each other.
SteveB
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186905
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Michel,
What MichLTC has done has been documented there in lugnet.trains... look for
postst that have Steve Ringe in them, he's our master whiz at that stuff.
He uses Technic Pole Reverser switches for control, but that has the
downside of scarcity.
Lots of clubs do this and MichLTC by no means is a be all and end all. Great
fun! Hope that helps.
Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com
http://www.mercator.com.
Mercator, the e-business transformation company
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> Hello everyone,
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> Our group is planning to automate the switches at our next show. We
> are at the stage of developping a control panel to run all the
> switches from a distance. We have several options from pure Lego to
> probably cheaper electronic/Lego hybrid solutions.
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> I don't recall seeing much on Lugnet on this topic and would
> appreciate it if you could share your experiences and ideas on this
> topic.
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> Michel Magnan
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| Very nice Steve. Its simple and doesnt take up to much space. I am sure it could be easly hiddne in a new by building. Dave PS. Its nice to see you build something for a change. j/k ;) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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