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Re: Train Depot DCC Update
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:18:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Legault writes:
> Didn't open a motor yet but with the description I would say that it is a
> thermistor (thermal resistive device). Better find a way to live it in place.
I suppose I could try soldering wires to it and thereby put it between the DCC
decoder output and the motor. Does it need to be thermally coupled to the
motor though or is the heat of the current passing through it sufficient?
Matt
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| (...) Hard to say, some are able to heat by themself and some need external heat source, but the first type normaly stay "open" as long as there is power applied to them while the second type slowly became less resistive when they cool down, so if (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Depot DCC Update
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| (...) Didn't open a motor yet but with the description I would say that it is a thermistor (thermal resistive device). Better find a way to live it in place. (...) When I opened my controller I didn't saw (or remember seeing) such a device inside (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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