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Williams 715 GP9

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Williams 715 GP9
Posted by kpbart on Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:52 AM
Am I able to modify this engine so I can lock the direction in which it travels? If so how?
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Posted by ADCX Rob on Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:45 PM

Rob

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Posted by phillyreading on Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:05 AM
Another way to modify your engine for one direction travel is a little more radical but it works great. You replace the circuit board with a 50 volt 6 amp bridge rectifier, most electronic stores have them to include Radio Shack. You lose direction control and even gain some power that way. Wire the motor leads to the plus + and minus - signs on the rectifier and the squiggly lines ~ to track power. DO not wire DC can motors straight to the track!
Interested in southest Pennsylvania railroads; Reading & Northern, Reading Company, Reading Lines, Philadelphia & Reading.

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