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gp-9 mpc era but.....

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lionelsoni
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Posted by lionelsoni on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:38 AM
Traditional Lionel motors are universal motors which will run on AC or DC. If you need the capability to reverse the motor by reversing the polarity of the voltage, you can get that too by feeding either the armature or the field through a bridge rectifier.

Bob Nelson

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ChiefEagles
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:37 AM
My MPC ones had can motors but you can get conversions for AC too.

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andregg1
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Posted by andregg1 on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:31 AM
But TMCC work only with dc motor or I am wrong?
Andre.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ChiefEagles

Great job. I converted mine to TMCC. Now to get a sound board.
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ChiefEagles
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, November 28, 2005 7:00 PM
Great job. I converted mine to TMCC. Now to get a sound board.

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andregg1
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gp-9 mpc era but.....
Posted by andregg1 on Monday, November 28, 2005 6:14 PM
Hi to all
I finished to made a little changes in my gp-9
how looks?


Andre.
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