[Accrs-ho] City Lights - question

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I think there are still some city lights not on.  There were three plugs in the power strip, but one  cord was too short to plug into the new strip where I located it.  When I got home my wife asked about the Gulf station and I had to admit I thought that light was still out but was not sure, and the back row of buildings was definately unlit.  But I don't know if the have lights in them or not.  The unplugged cord looked to have a transformer on it.
The station platform lights are on a switch under the passenger yard panel, which somebody discovered last night.  If we turn off the main layout power and leave the sub-systems on we can avoid the problem of people not knowing where the sub-system switches are located.  When people turn off the sub-systems first it means the next day's crew needs to figure out where the switches are located.   

Dennis

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 Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 6:15 PM
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That's good news. Did you figure out the station platform lights?
Thanks-Joel
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 12:17 PM ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

Message From: Dennis Stokely  dstokely at sbcglobal.net

IT WORKED.  I put i  a new power strip and it worked.  The new strip is, however, lying on the floor and the old one is unplugged with the cord wrapped around the layout leg.  Perhaps one of the electrical gurus can tidy that up (although I do want my cord back eventually) and determine if the problem is the power strip or the wall plug.  I used a different plug but didn't have time to try other things in the old outlet.
Dennis

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I didn't see any fans, but if you mean the surge protector hanging on one of the layout legs which is plugged into an outlet on the wall of the tower it does not respond to the reset button.  I tried several times without it working.
Will a new surge protector fix the problem?   I'll get one in the morning and bring it in.  It is senior day, so I won't need a pass.
Dennis

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Its a power strip under the city which has a big gray power supply with fans on it. Just switch the power strip back on.
The station lights are on their own apparently, they are plugged in to a regular outlet with a 3 way splitter located at the north east of wills point. I forgot what I did to reset it. Just follow the cord and see where it goes and turn whatever is off back on again.
Thanks-Joel
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 5:46 AM ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

Message From: Gary Lewis  glgslewis at comcast.net

  We had no lights in the engine terminal area last night.  Never figured out that one.  More significantly, Cab 3 doesn't work.  BTW, where exactly is this surge protector?  
  Gary
  
 On 6/18/2018 9:49 AM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
  
 Message From: Joel Clark  clark.joel.a at gmail.com

 
  
 The power supply for the city lights isnt on because the surge protector is off. You have to crawl under the layout to the new power supply and turn on the surge protector. I think its one of those kinds that is off by default so you have to do it every time. Should be replaced with a normal surge protector. Thanks -Joel  
  On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 9:40 AM ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
  
Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
 
 HO members
 
 I was on the last shift yesterday.   I noticed that while we had the 
 storm running there were no lights on in the city.   It might not matter 
 normally, but with the new scavenger cards, it makes it hard to find the 
 burning building and the camp fire in the hobo camp.   Are the lights 
 operational or were they just left off by mistake.   I have not ever 
 done anything to turn them on as they usually came on when the layout 
 was powered up.
 
 Dean
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