 | | 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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