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Re: 1 speed regulator 2 trains and tracks
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:17:22 GMT
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Not an expert in electronics....I think the regulator adjust to the amount
of current that is drawn by the motors so two regulators would share the
workload on the same system and if you add more motors on the same regulator
it would just feed more current without slowing things down???????
Hey I could be wrong here
Any ways using commen sense tells you everything has its limits, you may at
one point add to many motors lights etc and than it would be ouside its
designed limits which may cause an overload,( Matt Bates already said that
there is an overload protection, allowing you to overload the darn thing) so
have fun. I'm sure Lego has tested this thing and would probably not sell it
if it had only a slight chance of blowing up.(don't think they would want to
get sued)
regards
Dave
PS where are those electronic hobbyist among us that understand this and can
explain this thing.
wrote in message ...
> Is there any danger in hooking up one regulator to two sets of track with • two
> of the wires that clip to the track. I tried it out and I know that it • works
> but wasn't sure if this was a "legal" thing to do or am I going to end up
> blowing up the system? How many clips can you attach to the regulator • before
> the resistance start to slow down the trains? (physics wasn't my thing) • Can
> you attach anything else like motors (non train ones) to the regulator? I • just
> don't want to repeat anyone's bad experiments.
>
> thanks
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> -eben
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| (...) Well, if you draw too much current thru your regulator, You'll most likely run into the limits of the wall-brick trafo thingy. Whgen that starts to get hot at prolonged use, beware :) Jasper Jasper (25 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Is there any danger in hooking up one regulator to two sets of track with two of the wires that clip to the track. I tried it out and I know that it works but wasn't sure if this was a "legal" thing to do or am I going to end up blowing up the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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