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Re: Wire routing
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:53:56 GMT
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The conductor plate gets you away from having to build a recessed area for the
2x2x2p wire plate. How did you do that anyway? I hit this issue and poked around
and finally consulted to oricle, James Mathis, HE TOLD ME TO DO IT THIS WAY! ;)
SteveB
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
> > Since you aren't using a train base plate, I assume you are using a 2x4 electric
> > plate attached to the motor contacts and then attaching the 2x2 wire concetor to
> > the under side of the 2x4 electric plate ?
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> Nope. Just the 2x2 wire connector straight onto the motor. Of course there is a
> tile on top of the wire connector and the layered plate floor/frame has a
> cutout, I'm pretty sure that's not the source of the resistance, I tested that
> with 2 plates and a tile to be sure it wasn't the reason.
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> Not sure why I would want to do what you say with the plate, what does it buy
> you? It seems to move the wire even further away from the pivot point...
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> As for drilling holes and splicing wires (hi Rob and John)... no way Jose.
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> Rosco's idea intriuges me though I have to say Horst's is the cleverest if it
> works
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> ++Lar (gratified at all the responses!)
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| (...) Left some plates out... (am I missing something with your question????) in other words to "build a recessed area" you "don't build part of the floor"! (...) He's a CAD jockey though. 4 out of 5 of his creations never leave elecron form... (19 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wire routing
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| (...) Nope. Just the 2x2 wire connector straight onto the motor. Of course there is a tile on top of the wire connector and the layered plate floor/frame has a cutout, I'm pretty sure that's not the source of the resistance, I tested that with 2 (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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