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Re: Help: Query re: 4.5V stuff
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:46:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Alan Findlay wrote:
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Hi all,
Well, this is my first post to .train, and I hope I’ve picked the right forum
to ask this question. Redirect me if there is a better place.
My father-in-law sent my the following picture:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=524472
of a 4.5V box he and my nephew discovered in my brother-in-law’s (very) old
Lego collection.
Being an engineer, my father-in-law disassembled it to try and figure it out,
then photographed it and asked for my help.
So, what can you tell me about this box? History? Purpose? Future? Any
feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan (a castlehead)
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You picked the right forum.
The thing in the lower right is a very old 4.5V LEGO train motor. Since it’s
upside-down and disassembled it’s harder to see it for what it is. It was first
made around 1970. The things on the right are obviously the wires to connect it
to a battery box. The blue plate in the top left appears to be the cover
(upside-down) of the 4.5V battery box -- the picture you provide is missing the
rest of it. It appears that the clear plastic thing on the very top with the
wires connected has a fuse inside, so that either came from inside the train
motor or from inside the battery box.
Check out this
instruction scan to see what it looks like assembled and with wheels attached.
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| (...) You found some nice old pieces. (...) The motor and battery box (only the cover on the picture) are from the 1968 set 102 motor with battery box (URL) I own such a battery box, although with a broken cover, so I could check the inside details. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi all, Well, this is my first post to .train, and I hope I've picked the right forum to ask this question. Redirect me if there is a better place. My father-in-law sent my the following picture: (URL) a 4.5V box he and my nephew discovered in my (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
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