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Re: DCC slowing?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:56:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian B. Alano wrote:
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> How about: cut the accessory connector's contacts in half, making two pairs of
> contacts (illustrated by red lines). Inside the case, connect the rail pickups to
> one pair (call it pair A) and the motor to the other (pair B). Now, to run this
> motor as a DC (direct current) motor, just "jumper" the contacts by snapping one
> end of an 9v wire or the end of a 2x4 electric plate
> on top of the accessory connector. To run this as a DCC motor, connect a decoder
> to two 1 x 2 electric plates as follows. Connect the decoder's rail pickup pair
> to one plate (plate A) and the decoder's motor leads to another plate (plate B).
> Snap plate A to the half of accessory connector connected to pair A and plate B
> to the half of the accessory connector connected to pair B.
I think this has been mentined before and I wish LEGO made the train motors like
this! Oh well, maybe one day.
Another option for the lead to the decoder is to take a standard 9V lead with
2x2 end, slice the conductors on the bottom in half, open it up & attach 2 more
wires. This would result in a nice solid 2x2 connector with 4 wires coming out
for the decoder. Of course it requires (spit) modification of yet another LEGO
part....
Another advantage of outboard decoders is the relative ease of connecting
multiple accessories (if your decoder supports them).
ROSCO
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| (...) Yup. What's your opinion of the best place for the wires to exit the case? Either side of the accessory connector? Out the front? (...) and most do (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) After we cleaned the tracks with steel wool, disassembled them, transported them to the road show and reassembled them, the coupler magnets still picked up a copious amount of steel wool fibers. I certainly wouldn't want to get *that* stuff (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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