<div dir="ltr">Thanks for that report, Joel. You have done so much to our layout to keep it running. We are so<div>ever grateful to you for your efforts. </div><div><br></div><div>Andy H.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:36 PM ACCRS HO Scale <<a href="mailto:accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org">accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Message From: Joel Clark <a href="mailto:clark.joel.a@gmail.com" target="_blank">clark.joel.a@gmail.com</a><br>
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<div dir="auto">All,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I went to the club today. I cleaned all the mainline freight and passenger track. I found one dead power turnout leaving Jamestown and repaired the connection. Occupancy detector was indicating the Mesa helix had something on it, which it did not, but it was a short caused by a turnout sticking. I decided to exercise all the turnout motors by cycling them all a few times. Quite a few got stuck, but only the rarely used ones. They are set back in normal position now but more work may be needed on those.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Occupancy detector is flashing again. It was much warmer today. Past experience showed it only stops flashing when it is cold. I think we can use a 12v digital car turn signal flasher to replace the aging relay to never have this problem again. I went to auto part store but they didn't have any, so I will order online.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I resumed the replacement of the overhead shop light with LED project we approved at the end of 2019 but got put on hiatus. Two more LED shop lights are in. I will probably continue to do two at a time for a few months until complete.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There was a piece of carpet next to the switch board that someone unended a soda onto during the last fair. It turned into a sticky goo over the lockdown period so I took the carpet home to be pressure washed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The DCC throttles were in a bad state. One was labelled broken and most were almost non-reaponsive to button presses. I took all of them apart and alcohol cleaned all the button contacts, and they work awesome now. Like new from the factory.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I saw the new blue paint on the upper panels of the walkway. Looks nice, it'll be a nice exhibit if we ever have a fair again. Now we just need to figure out how to scrape and paint the ceiling, a task I don't envy.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Joel</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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