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| | | Well, I would like to test, maybe the next weekend, the metal wheels of the motor box in the standard boggie, and install something to make contact with the wheels to send energy to the car, if that idea works, I ask if someone can make the metal (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Will that work? I thought the wheels from the motor mounted differently... if it does, neato! (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | (...) They are different and I'm sure you'd have to do some modding and remove the gear bit. It might work. The hard part would be making a brush that rubs on the wheel. But if it worked you could do the complete power pickup in one wheelset. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | | | You are right they are different. What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a conductive metal. Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Lester Witter
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| | | | | | (...) If you ar going to "sacrifice" a motor for the wheels, why not use its power pickups. Lester (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | | | | (...) Sometimes my english, plays against me..... My idea was to use the metallic wheels of the motor in a standard boggie, for testing purposes, if this works, the following step was to make a copy of the wheels with a lathe, but Larry and Dean (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | | | | | | Photos of the first stage (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Mark Riley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) suppose you could do two wheels on each side to minimize flicker... Mark (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Yes the LED flickers, a little, and I will do the same with the others wheels, it works and is very cheap. I need to work to improve the electric contact, maybe this weekend Best Regards (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) With my CN engine I found it necessary to put a capacitor across the leads to smooth out the flicker. It worked quite well. I used the kind of cap that didn't have a pos or neg. it could be used both ways. (URL) This worked pretty good for (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | | | | | | | Thanks I'll take your advice. I want to use it with DCC, I have DZ143 for my locos but I havent decided which one I will use for cars. Gustav (20 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Marc Schickele
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| | | | | | | | (...) Last year I built a tram and the power came from a 9V battery box (heavy, the battery are quickly out...), and it is not very recommended to make circulate a tram without control (just on/off) on a circuit with other trains. I realized a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Sonnich Jensen
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| | | | | | (...) Might not be needed. I have followed this debate with interest (I have a similar idea). This has been done before, on Bens April Fool Joke in 2000. Take a look here: (URL) at the red engine, and this picture in particular. (URL) he actually (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Ludo Soete
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| | | | (...) Hi all, To cut back on costs, isn't it possible to let a technical school making those metal wheels on a CNC lathe? It could be an practical exercise for the students (programming the CNC lathe and see the result) and cost effective for the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains... —Gustavo Brinck
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| | | | (...) Yes is a good idea, but I have two problems, one the schools are on vacation (now is summer in the south), and the seconds is a difficult to find a CNC lathe in our technical school here. But I will try Best Regards (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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