Well, we closed on our first home today. Now we have the task of making this house a home. Now I can try an figure out a plan to expand the railroad.
two tone Hi As regard to your power needs If I was rewiring I would make sure I had at least 4 power sockets out doors.
Hi As regard to your power needs If I was rewiring I would make sure I had at least 4 power sockets out doors.
If you are anything like me, four outlets in the yard are not enough. Since you are doing all the re-wiring anyway, I would suggest the following.
In front of the house put an outlet at each corner in the rafters, makes putting up Christmas lights so much easier. In back of house put an outlet 18"~30" above ground at each corner. Then put a pair of outlets at or as near as possible to your "train control center."
Tom Trigg
g. gage
Rob,
Only suggestion, two hinges, 1 lock.....go get you a 12v car alarm for the door please! Hook it up.
Toad
Awh yes, power. Every where! Plugs every where!!!! 110v
And for a cracker box welder 220v so you can make your own bridges and if something metal booms on you weld it back! If you can not weld try!!!!! Get welder 2nd or third hand at this point people are as low as 150.00 I saw in paper.
Cutting torch also with your own tanks (note tanks every so offetn have to be tested and as for your lines to the torch chnge them if there 2nd hand! Check tank dates if second hand to)
Hi As regaurd to your power needs If I was rewiring I would makesure I had at least 4 power sockets out doors.
A good 10 amp power supply to your controler if you are putting your electrics outside make sure they are in a weather proof place IE shed / summer house or a box built to hold them. when wiring layout 2 or 3 power points to track. I use the train engineer to control my layout this is every thing turnouts signals ect.
Age is only a state of mind, keep the mind active and enjoy life
OK any trains Yet?
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
Do you have a 4x4 or AWD vehicle, sure beats chains, and plenty of firewood? We live on the eastslope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at around 5200'. We don't have basements out here in the wild west but our house is build on a slope which gives us about 5 - 6' of head room in the crawl space. I build a 75' double ended yard in the crawl space. It serves as storage and staging. One end exits through a doggie door (I removed the flap door using only the security door) the other through the crawl space door, using spanners.
Hope this helps, Rob
Yikes! Florida to North Dakota - time to buy some parkas! Hope the move goes smoothly.
-Brian
My wife and I are buying a house. My little patio garden railway in Florida will be pushing snow thru central North Dakota. Approval for more track has been granted. Right of ways have yet to be determined. The house needs new wiring so I can have any power needs satisfied easily, so any advise as far as what I would need would be appreciated. I plan on running indoors and outdoors, the house has a 1200 sq ft basement. I plan to run thru a window to the 140 x 150 ft yard. So, I should be able to run year round in the great north.
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