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Re: 9v motor dying
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:37:29 GMT
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Lars Brandt wrote:
> I have a 9v motor that works for about 5 minutes, then slows down, and
> eventually stops. Wait 5 minutes, and it can go a little bit, then slows
> down, and stops. It's like the motor's juice needs to be re-charged. Is
> this motor dead? or is there something I can do to save it?
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> Regards,
> Lars
My guess is that the grease has dried up and the things slowly seizing up. As
it heats up it causes my friction etc...
As for a train motor, same thing I'd wager. The Train motors have a little
metal heat switch that breaks the current when it gets to hot. Sort of like a
flashing light bulb.
Dean
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