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Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 2 Apr 2003 05:44:11 GMT
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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 tricky". Perhaps I wasn't clear with my checklist but the
whole process took a little under an hour.
-Mike
In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree writes:
> Mike Chapman wrote:
> > 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 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!
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| (...) Hi Mike, it took maybe 3 hours to convert the first motor. Then I did 2 at a time and needed less than 2 hours to convert 2 motors. An that included all works: making the connecting bushes, opening the housing, drill the needed holes etc. That (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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| (...) Wouldn't converting the 9V motor as Ben Beneke described it have been easier? (URL) has all the details and seems a lot easier and safer. Good luck! (24 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
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