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It has to be said (since I had one previous run-in with the legal department of the LEGO company, but that's neither here nor there), that this page is in no way affiliated with the LEGO Company (Canada or otherwise) and is not endorsed by the aforementioned company.
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I received the latest SuperCar from LEGO S@H. After putting the car together, it took me all of 5 minutes to modify the car by adding the RCX. I think lotsa others have done this as well, and it's a good gig if you can get it! Now I can use the remote control to move the car around the house!! This is fun!! |
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| Inspired by this site which showed a good way of getting 18 volts using pure LEGO parts without modifications |
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Here's a quick and dirty way of getting 18 volts for whatever destructo-system you wish to set up. First you place a LEGO wire as shown, making sure that the wire-outs are facing in the right direction. |
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Then connect the wire leads to the battery boxes as shown, again making sure that the wire-outs are pointed in the right direction |
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Finally connect the lead for the output. This output should be 18 volts (if you are using fresh batteries, of course) |
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***June 20, 2003***
I received some LEGO solar cells (LUGNET - 9912).
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I ordered 3 of them and connected them in series using the technique shown above. Each cell puts out approximately 3 volts (in good light) and, when connected in series like this, there was 9 volts at the final connector.
The issue came with the amps--each solar cell puts out approx 2.5 mA (I'm no electronics genius so I dunno if I misread the meter). Connected together in series like this, I got, well, 2.5 mA.
I measured the amps that the batteries are feeding the RCX--it was around 30ish mA. So that would mean... (does some quick arithmetic.. carry the two... add the 20... divide by pi...) 10 sets of these things connected in parallel to come close to what the batteris are giving the RCX.
Probably not. At 35 bucks US a pop, I'll pass.
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