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Re: Railroad Dilemma
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:58:38 GMT
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To all,
I finished the track design last night, (I will post some pictures on
my webpage soon), and decided against doing both lines at the same time
connected. I am willing to explore the possibility in the future,
however. Now, for the monorail tracks. Fun times in lego town tonight!
:)
Scott Sanburn
Christopher Masi wrote:
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> Cut is such an ugly word...a small piece of electrical tape will open
> (disconnect) the circuit. However, if the wheels are on opposite sides
> of the
> cut/tape then a short occurs again. I think you need two cuts/tapes to
> keep the
> circuit open.
>
> Chris
>
> Simon Robinson wrote:
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> > On this topic, has anyone ever tried cutting a bit out of the metal
> > in one of the rails (just on one side) to stop a reversing loop from
> > causing a short? I've been wondering about doing that, and wondering
> > how difficult it is.
> >
> > Simon
> > http://www.SimonRobinson.com
> >
> > > Track Designer will not detect shorts created by attaching more than one
> > > controller. It only detects shorts caused by reversing loops.
> > >
> > > However, that is a feature that I would eventually like to add to version 3,
> > > so that you can tell TD where the controllers are attached, and which way the
> > > points are switched and then it will show you in the electrical view, which
> > > bits of track are controlled by which controller and whether or not a short
> > > exists.
> > >
> > > Matt
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| Cut is such an ugly word...a small piece of electrical tape will open (disconnect) the circuit. However, if the wheels are on opposite sides of the cut/tape then a short occurs again. I think you need two cuts/tapes to keep the circuit open. Chris (...) (28 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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