 | | Question about Running 12v trains —James Mathis
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| | | For a 7864 12v train speed regulator: Went down to Radio Shack yesterday and bought a 40W 110v to 220v step up transformer. So far as I can tell 40W is just fine for running the LEGO 12v trains and accessories. The German plug on the 7864 goes (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —James Powell
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| | | | (...) The lights _should_ be fine. Esp. if you have any real length of wire between them and the powerpack, they are not going to get 13V, in fact, they may well not even be getting 12V. The best way to judge is to take the lights, and (in a dark (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) I just wanted to confirm: I totally agree with the opinion of James Powell. Light bricks might be shortened in their expected lifetime by to high voltage. With 9 V they shold last for a very long time. The Lego® motors (especially the older (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —James Mathis
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| | | | | Thanks for the information, guys! Now, to justify the space that my layout may "require" to my wife. later, James Mathis (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —James Powell
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| | | | (...) Ben, we have _got_ to hear the story of this! I used to make paddle "steamers", using Electical tape and Lego (the tape seals the Lego up quite well...except across the bottom...) I don't have any pic's here, and I doubt there are any at (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) first (...) 4.5V (...) At the age of maybe 5 to 7 I built a paddle steamer too, but I used the red swimming hulls of set 311: (URL) I built it with a gap in the middle for the paddles shaft and placed my 103 motor avove that. (I dared to use (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about Running 12v trains —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) One possible explanation for this (since I have washed many bricks and noticed this sometimes, but not most of the time): Dirty bricks will have a layer of grit on them which could throw off the tolerances, and will increase wear, especially (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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