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Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:37:40 GMT
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Mike Chapman wrote:
> Hi,
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> I wondered how, or even if, people have put 12v motors into 9v trains. The
> motors themselves are almost identical in build but the 9v motors have those
> side pieces and the wheels are slightly bigger - very noticeable when you
> put a 12v plain motor in place of a 9v one especially on the larger engines
> with another set of wheels (e.g. Santa Fe). It just doesn't look right.
Wouldn't converting the 9V motor as Ben Beneke described it have been
easier? http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/9v_12v/9v_12v.phtml#convert has all the
details and seems a lot easier and safer.
Good luck!
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/
LEGO Santa Fe B-unit | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/lego/f7b.html
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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| (...) Hi all! Before anybody trys to convert his 9V train motors, I have to jump in and warn that these 9V motors are really to weak to "pull a fish from a plate" (as we say here). If one exchanges the rubber bands of the wheels against the rubber (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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| Apart from the concern of running the motor built for 9v at 12v Ben's method requires breaking open the casing, building the 4 contact bushes and fitting them and connecting them internally. He also says "putting things together might be a bit (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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| Hi, I wondered how, or even if, people have put 12v motors into 9v trains. The motors themselves are almost identical in build but the 9v motors have those side pieces and the wheels are slightly bigger - very noticeable when you put a 12v plain (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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