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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware
Several people have mentioned experiments with train sets - no wonder, they were (and still are) ideal 'closed circuit' environments for experiments with control.
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I'd never analyzed it so deeply before but yes, my train set and Scalextric would have introduced me to concepts like
Circuits
Polarity
Contact resistance
Radio & Television interference
Overload protection
The controllers introduced me to
Rheostats,
Even the lamp-limiter, for goodness sake!
(Mine was an A3 Power Controller like this)
And away from the tracks I
Charged batteries
Electro-plated metal objects
Made various gases
The list goes on.
robinshack if you're reading this I would like to ask you something about my model railway. OT, so I'll send you a PM tomorrow.