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Re: DCC chip installed in accessory brick
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:51:55 GMT
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I'm wondering......
Would it be possible to pull the metal wheels from a dead 9V train motor, and fit
them into a standard wheelset frame, and convert it into a power pickup?
Seems to me it should be possible, it's just how much work it would be.
Maybe I need to get busy ;-)
John Hill wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote:
> >
> > I don't have a 12v motor but this mod should be pretty easy.
> >
> > Good luck with that.
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> Yes! It works, I came home this evening and cut open a perfectly good brand new
> 9V motor and put a 1.5 amp decoder inside and connected it to the 2x2 electrical
> plate on the motor housing. Now I have those old 12V locos running again. They
> look cool with 6 wheels and the gray valve rods etc. 7727 was the first to go
> for a run!
>
> My
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> They actually run better than the 9V trains on the same DCC supply, they start
> sooner, have just as much pull (maybe more) but might be a bit down on top speed
> although still fast enough to cannon off on the curves.
>
> The only (slight) disappointment is that the 9V motor housing makes a rather
> unusual looking bogey ( i.e. truck).
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Tom Stangl
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