Haven't posted in a while. Haven't really made much progress on my layout.
Last week I bought plane tickets to spend Memorial Day Weekend at my Dad's to help him wire his layout. I'm really looking forward to it. It's been three years since I last helped him on his layout and most of that time was spent trouble-shooting his first PLC. Now it's time to go hard on wiring to get it ready for landscaping and models. I plan to take and post a ton of pictures! If you remember my earlier post "A shipping test," you'll remember Mr. Gene. He's going to get to work making more models for Dad and the wiring is lagging.
My layout?
I'm ready to start serious planning. I had an electrician over Saturday to look at the basement. Next Saturday he'll be coming back to add a sub-panel and run the main electrical to the future home of the railroad. We decided on 2 20A feeds for power. That should be enough. We're going with a sub panel for future flexibility. I believe I can use the lighting I have for now, but I might want to add another circuit just for light. I'm using about 25% of the basement for trains but all of the lighting is on the same 15A feed. If I build walls and make the train area it's own room, it might be more convenient to make lighting it's own breaker.
We're also adding receptacles to the corner of the basement where the treadmill and elliptical are. Going to add a TV and mini-fridge to hopefully help us get through the workouts easier (and hopefully more often!).
