Let me be clear. A ZW poets three trains and some traditional Lionel accessories. A 1033 powers a trolley.
Four Menards structures and a like # of vehicles use 4.5 (volt? amp?) DC current & are plugged into the second power strip
Six or so Christmas village buildings (some Dept 51 and some Leemax) have small Christmas tree type incandescent bulbs and are powered by the third power strip.
The Christmas village is currently at the end of the daisy chain - closest to the alternate wall outlet .However, if that strip were moved to that out let they could not be controlled from the control panel
A 12 gauge extension cord is visible as it runs across ceiling from a wall socket with a 15 amp fuse to a power strip which hosts the control panel to which the two transformers are attached.
The two additional power strips - both with 14 gauge wiring are needed because of the size of the layout - the distance between the clusters of buildings. They do not have to be daisy chained The second and third could each be plugged into the first, or both could be daisy chained from a different outlet (losing control panel access).
when I wired my basement, I asked electrician to install a discreet line for the train. He did so using a 20 volt fuse.
lI thought it unwise to run my engines on a 20 volt line. Also my plan changed and the control panel ended up midway between the dedicated 20 volt outlet and a 15. Hence the decision to use the 15.
There is yet another alternative. I could run a line from the second outlet to a second. control panel peer strip using the same ceiling approach. The. Second and third strips could each be plugged in there & possibly not daisy chained at all if they have 6 and 9 foot extension cords.
I could sketch out a drawing if helpful.
