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Re: PF train motor / train speed and pulling power
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:00:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ildefonso Junior Zanette wrote:
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Hi Ben,
In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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I have used an old 9V battery box...
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How did you use the old 9V battery box together with the PF motor and IR
receiver? Did you create a modified 9V->PF cable? I couldn’t find a way to
use the old battery boxes with PF using the normal 8886 PF Extension Cable.
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Hi Ildefonso,
yes I had to do some modification work on my IR-receiver.
I used a 9V plug from a adapter cable 9V-to-PF (you can open these without
destroying anything).
(pictures from: http://www.philohome.com/pf/pf.htm)
Then I removed the plug from the receiver and made a shortcut between cables
“9V” + “C2” and “c1” + “0V”
I fixed the 9V plug from the adapter cable to the receiver. I used the receivers
old plug to use the adapter cable in future as a extension cable.
Please be careful! The nine volt battery box may NOT be used in both directions.
You would put 9V on the 0V cable annd vice versa => this can detroy the PF
equipment.
You may only press the left button of your battery box (if you hold it in front
of you and have the plug connection away from your body). You may just test this
for a second: the stuff seems to be quite robust against reversed currancy....
(good luck!)
Ben
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| (...) Hi Ben, Thanks a lot for the tips and advice. I'll certainly be doing this with one of my extension wires. There are some projects that I would like to use the battery box 4760: (URL) and this cable will be handy on these MOCs as well! (...) (16 years ago, 8-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: PF train motor / train speed and pulling power
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| Hi Ben, (...) How did you use the old 9V battery box together with the PF motor and IR receiver? Did you create a modified 9V->PF cable? I couldn't find a way to use the old battery boxes with PF using the normal 8886 PF Extension Cable. Regards, (...) (16 years ago, 5-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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