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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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Sat, 7 Feb 2004 06:24:19 GMT
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Lewis Valentine wrote:
> 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.
IndyLUG did essentially the same thing a while back. The one problem we
had was that we used the really short wires from ZNAP sets, so we ended up
with non-Lego wires on the tables and these bulky connectors that needed
to be concealed (I think that they were too large to easily fit inside the
point automation housings we had built). It would probably be best to
start with 15 inch or longer wires, so the connections can stay beneath
the tables.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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