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Re: 1 speed regulator 2 trains and tracks
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:39:05 GMT
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On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:17:22 GMT, "Dave Jost" <djost@cybertrails.com>
wrote:

Not an expert in electronics....I think the regulator adjust to the amount
of current that is drawn by the motors so two regulators would share the
workload on the same system and if you add more motors on the same regulator
it would just feed more current without slowing things down???????

Hey I could be wrong here

Any ways using commen sense tells you everything has its limits, you may at
one point add to many motors lights etc and than it would be ouside its
designed limits which may cause an overload,( Matt Bates already said that
there is an overload protection, allowing you to overload the darn thing) so
have fun. I'm sure Lego has tested this thing and would probably not sell it
if it had only a slight chance of blowing up.(don't think they would want to
get sued)

regards

Dave

PS where are those electronic hobbyist among us that understand this and can
explain this thing.


Well, if you draw too much current thru your regulator, You'll most
likely run into the limits of the wall-brick trafo thingy. Whgen that
starts to get hot at prolonged use, beware :)

Jasper
Jasper



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(...) This comes up a fair bit on a regular basis. Someone needs to write up all that is known and get Matt to add it to his excellent site. Anyway here's what I know. I probably have a 1/2 dozen regulators at this point of various histories (most (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)

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Not an expert in electronics....I think the regulator adjust to the amount of current that is drawn by the motors so two regulators would share the workload on the same system and if you add more motors on the same regulator it would just feed more (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)

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