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Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:09:35 GMT
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Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke wrote:
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> 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 is not so much work. Most complicated has been to find fitting springs:
> those are very fine and offer only very low forces. A spring from a ball pen
> would be way to big and strong....
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 plonk in a 9V motor.
_However_, I've been considering options for running 12V motors on
9V track. One of the obvious (but potentially ugly) options is to have
some attached sprung contacts from the 12V contacts to the 9V track.
The trick in this case is having them work in both directions - and
of course, through switches.
It might be easier to electrify the 12V wheels (copper tape mentioned
elsewhere again comes to mind), and then having slot car style wire
brushes from the 12V contacts.
Has anyone tried any of this, and care to comment, or on how well 12V
motors run at a mere 9V?
Peter
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 | | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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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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| | Re: 12v motor in 9v trains - how?
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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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