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| | | Jim Rorstrom wrote in message ... (...) slightly (...) transformer (...) this (...) is no (...) MRC (...) monitoring (...) I also saw somewhere something about a new MRC throttle which has a switch which divides output voltage by two. This switch (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —James Powell
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| | | | | (...) Not true. You -can- solder to the lego track. I know. I have about 10 pieces that have various combinations of wires leading off them, plus having rebuilt points to a all curve/straight pattern. You need a good temp. controlled soldering (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) I am not 100% sure, but I think it may be a coil. Many devices have these and they serve as RF interference supression. Since at least some theories have the waveform from the controller being PWM, RF supression is important... (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —Martin Legault
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| | | | (...) I would say that it is a fuse, never tested it but by the weigth it is to ligth to be a coil and also because a capacitor would be better help than a coil. Martin (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) More likely a thermal, self resetting, circuit breaker like the controller and motors apparently have. (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) If you open one up, you'll see it's nothing that fancy. A loop of metal, perhaps magnetic, that the 9volt wire wraps around once. I'm guessing it has something to do with RF interference, but that's a complete guess... John1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —Martin Legault
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| | | | (...) Look like it is a coil by the description. Do you have a picture of it? Martin (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie —Russ Redmyer
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| | | | Martin Legault <mlegault@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:FLM44y.I9H@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) than a (...) has (...) It is a ferrite core used as a RF choke. (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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