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Re: Wire routing
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:02:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
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Forgive me if I’m missing something, but why attach your lighting to the
motor in the first place? I’ve NEVER done that so far. I hate it when the
light dims everytime you power down- It’s unprototypical and silly.
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As with all my projects, these will be doing a lot of show running if all goes
according to plan. So batteries really aren’t practical, and practicality is
more important that prototypicalness. If the club ever goes DCC though, that
addresses the light always on issue (DCC provides for aux outputs including
forward and reverse facing lights) but STILL requires careful routing of the
wire up from the motor into the body...
There’s also the matter that with a fully detailed interior there really isn’t
anywhere to hide a battery box.
That said, I use batteries in my Rob Hendrix “powered” caboose with red marker
lights, because those LED lights don’t use up batteries at a prodigious rate the
way incandescent lights do
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| SNIPPIFIED Forgive me if I'm missing something, but why attach your lighting to the motor in the first place? I've NEVER done that so far. I hate it when the light dims everytime you power down- It's unprototypical and silly. Even with my (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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