RoTrainLover

Lmao for some reason the first one spawned here and I have no idea why. This was a completely different post I made. Dude, I literally said nothing about the 12v third rail. I thought of a way to link the 12v power cables directly to the 9v track, without the power rail.

That's what I wanted to say, just wanted to be edgy, you know, that type of edgy that every middle school student wants to be but ends up being an absolute cringe show. Sorry for sounding rude.

Parts list?

This will require use the 12v transformer, using my method from another post, but I decided to post a way to run a 12v locomotive (red and black) on 9v track. This is also a way to repurpose old/damaged/worn out 9v motors. It's as easy as removing the motor from the 9v chassis and soldering a positive and negative wire to the 9v's contacts and the 12v's contacts. So easy, even I did it!, though I don't have any 9v track or copper tape at the moment so 🤦. Idea by Almighty W. I. P. on YouTube.

I don't have any images, since I don't have 9V track at the moment, but I thought of a possible way to make the 12V system compatible with 9V track. I got inspired by an Alex Nunes video talking about using copper tape to link a 9V power connector to the track. Basically, my design requires cutting the 12V power connectors, stripping the insulation of the wires and wrapping copper tape around the stripped part, then folding it around the track. This creates an active connection between the transformer and the track. I've also seen a similar design at a Lego convention in Cluj-Napoca (shoutout to you, if you are that guy), only that the person who owned the layout perma-soldered the wires directly onto the track. Again, this is purely theoretical and I doubt this will ever actually become common, due to the risk of frying the motors, but I wanted to express a cool idea for a system. Edit: what the hell is going on I post this on another thread and now it's here. Bruh.