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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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| | | | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how? —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how? —Peter Naulls
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| | | | (...) Although the 9v -> 12v conversion is very nice, as you said in another post, 9v is really the way to go. In fact, I don't have any 12V track, but I am planning on getting a 7745, or possibly some other 12V trains. Of course, you can simply (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how? —Rick Clark
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| | | | (...) They work pretty well. I run my 12v "Grasshopper" Atlantic on 9v layouts. I have to keep it at a kind of high speed, or the motor jerks and sticks (but that may just be mine). I use the quick-and-dirty method to make it go. It's powered from (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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