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Re: basic train questions (power, mostly)
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:03:00 GMT
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mattdm@NOSPAMmattdm.org
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John Barnes <barnes@sensors.com> wrote:
> We at LUCNY run long trains - 6 wide - but often 30 pieces of stock
> long. Our experience is you have to have a rear driver else the magnetic
> couplings are likely to give out.
> We have never had problems with the pusher squeezing the intermediate
> cars off the tracks in corners or anything.
Ok, cool. I like hearing what I wanted to hear. :)
> The limit for motors is how many the Lego train controller will power.
> Our experience is about 4. More than 4 and the controller tends to heat
> up and go into thermal shutdown - not a terminal condition but annoying
> at a train show..
Hmmm. Any idea much can one RCX typically handle?
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| (...) The RCX motor outputs are officially 0.8 amps each. This will just drive 2 train motors lightly loaded as I think the RCX DCC folk will confirm. The Lego train controller is good for about 1.5 amps and can thus handle 3 motors and 4 if they (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: basic train questions (power, mostly)
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| We at LUCNY run long trains - 6 wide - but often 30 pieces of stock long. Our experience is you have to have a rear driver else the magnetic couplings are likely to give out. We have never had problems with the pusher squeezing the intermediate cars (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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