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Re: ILTCO Article - Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:33:43 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Lewis Valentine wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.iltco, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > A new article has been contributed the ITLCO web site.
> >
> > Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
> > by David 'Zonker' Harris of BayLTC.
> > http://www.iltco.org/library/articleShow.php?articleid=28
> >
> > Enjoy!
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> > Mike
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> Good article. I was working on a similar system for ngltc.
> But i did mine a little differently.
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> My goals other than the obvious were
> Minimize the modification of lego parts.
> Keep the cost down.
> Compatibility. (ie we could use the same system for any power needs on the
> layout.)
>
> Of course the best solution for compatibility would be the standard lego wires,
> but these are expensive and would take many for long distances as stated in
> David's article.
>
> So plainly put I decided to make "extension cords" for the standard lego
> connectors. I would take a standard lego wire, and cut it into two pieces. Put a
> standard electrical connector on the ends of the wire. Then I could build as
> "extension cords" out of non-lego wire using the same connectors. As a result I
> would have one wire that could be any length I needed. I could also make
> different lengths if needed. And the system could be used for any lego
> electrical part. This includes track, motors and rcx sensors.
I like Lewis' idea for two reasons:
First, since he's only creating an extension of the normal LEGO wire system I
can use standard track power connectors, thus elemenating the need for a hard
wired piece of track. I know my luck and the wires would come loose on that hard
wired track, thus requiring me to always keep a repair kit with me. (I will
admit that I already have to do this because of my Rail Racers track and the
issues it runs into when being set up at times)
Second, I like the idea that with extending the standard LEGO wire I can use the
extensions for powering other items on the layout besides LEGO track.
jt
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