[Accrs-ho] City Lights - question
ACCRS HO Scale
accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org
Sat Jun 23 07:26:51 PDT 2018
The platform lights were never a problem until someone shut of the
switch under the panel. However, we still have no lights in the engine
terminal area.
Gary
On 6/22/2018 7:08 PM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
> Message From: Dennis Stokely dstokely at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>
> 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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> *From:* ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> *To:* ACCRS - HO <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 22, 2018 6:15 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Accrs-ho] City Lights - question
>
> 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
> <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>> wrote:
>
> Message From: Dennis Stokely dstokely at sbcglobal.net
> <mailto: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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> *From:* ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org
> <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>>
> *To:* "accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>"
> <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 11:26 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Accrs-ho] City Lights - question
>
> 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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> *From:* ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org
> <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>>
> *To:* ACCRS - HO <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org
> <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 9:36 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Accrs-ho] City Lights - question
>
> 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 <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>> wrote:
>
> Message From: Gary Lewis glgslewis at comcast.net
> <mailto: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 Clarkclark.joel.a at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis lewis2 at earthlink.net
>> <mailto: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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