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I apologize to the poster as I don't remember his/her name. A while back there was a post where I stated that fiber optics was way to expensive for modeling as I only knew of and used glass fiber in computer networking. However, I learned that there is a plastic "model grade" fiber which is very reasonably priced. I have read many a post where folks are concerned about heat from lighting and/or the use of resistors with LEDs. Via a search engine I find that you only need one lamp/LED to light many locations via fiber, same theroy as passing digital info through fiber in computer networking. Using fiber would reduce the cost of lamp replacement as well as power consumption. Rather than having 4-5-6 or more wall transformers to power all the lights on a layout you could have 1 transformer with a couple three LEDs to provide light to all structures. Fiber could also be used in Engines for step lights, ditch lights, etc. as well as in pasenger cars or caboose. If anyone currently uses fiber optics I would like to hear about your experiences , any tips or tricks you use and what tools a person would need to get started using fiber.
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