Paddy Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Hello everybody Today i will show you my 9V conversion from my Emerald Night. My Lego trains driven with DCC, so i would not have a PF train on my Tracks :D Yesterday i had found a Solution : I made it with a Lego technic Pin and a round 1x1 Brick. With the copper desoldering wire, i made a flexible pickup. One in front and back of the locomotive. I use an Technic 9V Motor in the middle of the locomotive. Power Pickups : Oversized Image Front : Back : Motor with DCC Decoder : Greetings Paddy Edited July 15, 2012 by TheBrickster Oversized images removed by moderator Quote
kieran Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Very nice, I think that looks really good, you can hardly see the pick ups Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Welcome Paddy. Please be aware that our site guidelines for image posting is 800x600 max. I've removed your images but left one link. You are most welcome to repost within our site guidelines. Quote
Hrw-Amen Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Do you find that the pick up are consistently good, or do they tend to jump at all causing loss of power in places? Quote
neverminded Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Sorry to dig out this "old" topic, but maybe you can tell me a bit more about your DCC, Paddy? My Emerald Night was delivered today, and as it is my first but surely not last train, it needs to be powered. I can't stand batteries, so it needs to be intelligently powered with DCC. And as Hrw-Amen asked, do the pickups tend to jump off the track? Quote
Stefano Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 I just placed a 9V motor under the passenger car... but i only have those damn front wheels going off track ... maybe i need to ''borrow'' some lead from my moms shop xD Quote
alainneke Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) If you have a broken (burnt-out) 9V train motor: open it up and remove the motor (see http://www.lgauge.co...ins/dcc/dcc.htm for details). Then, put the motor-less "motor" under the tender and run the connection wire to the PF XL motor or your DCC chip. Works great! Regards, Alain Edited October 23, 2012 by alainneke Quote
kieran Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 I would really love to be able to get some metal wheels to make pickups like a 9v motor but without the cost any one know if there are non-Lego solutions around for this? sorry to go a little off topic... Quote
mdelleman Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 I would love to see the other pictures that were removed if the OP could repost or direct me to a Flickr account maybe?! Thanks! Quote
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