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Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:54:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes:
> Make sure you have a circuit to adjust the DC to always send the + into the • LED
> the right way.
Or use two LEDs in parallel, with opposite polarity.
ROSCO
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| (...) Yes, that would work, I've used that several times like in my Road Crossing. But two LED's gets bulky. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tapping into the Track's electricity
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| (...) I've been working on this myself. I use an LED with a 220 OHM resistor. It seems to work fine. Make sure you have a circuit to adjust the DC to always send the + into the LED the right way. As far as power brightness, if you have the same luck (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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