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Subject:	Re: Has anyone disassembled a 9v Train Motor?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics
Date:	Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:07:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes: > Ben Jackson wrote: > > > Has anyone investigated the possibility of disconnecting the motor from the > > pickups on the wheels > > I've done just that. How do you get it apart? How do you like your design in practice? I would like to see pictures of your whole engine, if you have them handy. Using the track to power the RCX was one of the ideas I was considering. The other was using the connection to the track to operate switches. The tracks leading up to the switches would be insulated from other track (no problem, since only self powered engines would be in the yard) and the automated switching would be done by a motor powered by the track rails. When the switch engine wanted to move a switch it would just activate the output that was connected to the track. --Ben

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		Re: Has anyone disassembled a 9v Train Motor?
(...) (URL) used the above link (Thanks Ben!) to get the thing apart. It was quite the ordeal! Ben's method looks painful but is actually the best. It does keep the motor together after your done. My design works great. I can short it over with the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Has anyone disassembled a 9v Train Motor?
(...) I've done just that. It's easy. I added a second wire directly to the motor. It even has little eye connectors for putting the wires. To avoid the motor from going to the main power I simply put electrical tape over the pressure pressed power (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)

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