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Re: Silly train voltage question...
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:58:59 GMT
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Alan Demlow (demlow@lightlink.com) wrote:
> Also, I don't think you need to do any cutting to hook the 12V stuff up to 9V
> power source. I haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure there's an all-Lego
> solution, or so Steve tells me...
Yes, it is pretty easy to build a small housing from standard bricks/plates
(and maybe a tile) that firmly holds the contact prongs of a 4.5/12V wire
against the leads of a 9V conducting plate.
Steve
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| Steve Demlow wrote in message ... (...) Sounds like a good solution. Maybe I will use the extra battery box I have from my Technic motor set. I can fill it with rechargeable AA's and let my son go to town (so to speak). Thanks! Eric (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Silly train voltage question...
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| I've tried some of the 12V accesories with a 9V regulator, and most work OK--the lights certainly did. I think the exception was the motorized stuff (the automatic crossing, 7866); only one of the gates would work as I recall. Also, I don't think (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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