ChiefEagles wrote: To lockons, 14 ga speaker wire. Son gets it wholesale in big spools. The aux power wires for switches is 12 ga solid and the 14 ga speaker wires dropped and soldered to the buss wires. To extend my switch controlers, I use 18 ga door bell wire.
To lockons, 14 ga speaker wire. Son gets it wholesale in big spools. The aux power wires for switches is 12 ga solid and the 14 ga speaker wires dropped and soldered to the buss wires. To extend my switch controlers, I use 18 ga door bell wire.
Can you clarify the reasoning for 14 ga wire all the way to the track?
I understand a KW transformer has breakers rated at 15A, and the cable needs to accommodate this, therefore 14ga, similar to a residential house circuit.
Are you using additional in-line fuses? Are they rated at 15A? Will a lower rated fuse allow for a reduced wire size after the fuse to the track? Or do the engines simply use that much power?
Thank you,
Kurt
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
I have a sneaky suspicion that there are Ladies clothes in the closet at the end of the tunnel opening and she isn't moving them.I wonder how Chiefie is going to handle this problem. Tunnel boring is at a standstill. He's been under the benchwork wiring for 4 days.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm ?????????????
Blueberryhill RR wrote:Chief..When are you going to start the other room????
mitchelr wrote: jefelectric wrote: mitchelr wrote: Chief- What no new layout progress pictures in the new year yet???MitchCould it be too much partying?Probably too much GRITS. Eating grits is like eating lead, bound to clog you up and slow you down Mitch
jefelectric wrote: mitchelr wrote: Chief- What no new layout progress pictures in the new year yet???MitchCould it be too much partying?
mitchelr wrote: Chief- What no new layout progress pictures in the new year yet???Mitch
Chief- What no new layout progress pictures in the new year yet???
Mitch
Could it be too much partying?
Probably too much GRITS. Eating grits is like eating lead, bound to clog you up and slow you down
Chiefie has got a GRITS clog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it !!!
The old gizzer needs some Drano.
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Pictures of re-done track tha tlines up with tunnels.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Jim Fortner wrote: Just curious - what's the gauge on the wire you're using? I was at HD the other day just looking and didn't see any wire that looked the right gauge - it all looked too fat to my untrained eye....
Just curious - what's the gauge on the wire you're using? I was at HD the other day just looking and didn't see any wire that looked the right gauge - it all looked too fat to my untrained eye....
To lockons, 14 ga speaker wire. Son gets it wholesale in big spools. The aux power wires for switches is 12 ga solid and the 14 ga speaker wires dropped and soldered to the buss wires. To extend my switch controlers, I use 18 ga door bell wire. My accessories will probably be buss wires [like the switch power] with bell wire for droppers. All my lockon wires are run back to buss MTH buss "bars" as to make sure DCS works. Seems TMCC only needs a good ground.
I was in the pot earlier today and asked Chief if the layout was finished. I was totally unaware of this thread ( the title is a bit deceiving ). Well, after spending 2 hours reading all ten pages here ( I can read faster than that but dailup delayed things a bit ) I must say I'm astounded how quickly things seem to be coming together for the Chief. Very well done, Chief! Don't let'em kid ya about the trashed room though...If that were my project you wouldn't see the benchwork for tools and scraps and empty liquor bottles, not to mention the blue air.
Just AWESOME!
Bruce Webster
FYI you guys,
At some point soon I am going to have to change from the Comcast Server I use for hosting photos to a Time-Warner Server. This means my photos on this post will disappear. I am unsure at this point if I will load then to the new server (once I figure it out!).
Regards, Roy
lionroar88 wrote: jakeoregano wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Lookin' good there Chief... no aftershocks up here in Bal'mer! ...LOL - Bal'mer. That's what the locals call it. When I see that here, it reminds me of home .I feel your pain about the house. Our last one back in Ravens territory was an old cape code with an 8X10 kitchen. You had to walk through the kitchen to get to the basement. Dining room was a 9X10 room that we couldn't eat in because the front door of the house opened up into it(long story). When we moved out here to Ohio, we finally got some space. I am now planning a permanent layout in the unfinished utility area of the basement (or maybe the 9X9 den if I can convince my wife of that idea).Good luck with the home plans.Jakeoregano (aka Dwayne) Dwayne,I try to fit in as best I can! I'm a Steeler fan and getting used to all this annoying Purple is very difficult...We are planning a move about 15 miles South of where we are now. Trying to get into a much larger house. I don't have a problem with anything other than the cost (sticker shock still gets me). We are moving up from an approx 1800sq ft house to just over 3700 sq ft.Why we need a house over twice the size of the one we have now I'll never know , but it will give me my gourmet kitchen, 12ft ceilings in the family room, and a HUGE unfinished basement (hence the reason for the train room)... BTW - wife informed me yesterday that I don't the entire basement because she wants a wine cellar, and a game room.
jakeoregano wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Lookin' good there Chief... no aftershocks up here in Bal'mer! ...LOL - Bal'mer. That's what the locals call it. When I see that here, it reminds me of home .I feel your pain about the house. Our last one back in Ravens territory was an old cape code with an 8X10 kitchen. You had to walk through the kitchen to get to the basement. Dining room was a 9X10 room that we couldn't eat in because the front door of the house opened up into it(long story). When we moved out here to Ohio, we finally got some space. I am now planning a permanent layout in the unfinished utility area of the basement (or maybe the 9X9 den if I can convince my wife of that idea).Good luck with the home plans.Jakeoregano (aka Dwayne)
lionroar88 wrote:Lookin' good there Chief... no aftershocks up here in Bal'mer! ...
LOL - Bal'mer. That's what the locals call it. When I see that here, it reminds me of home .
I feel your pain about the house. Our last one back in Ravens territory was an old cape code with an 8X10 kitchen. You had to walk through the kitchen to get to the basement. Dining room was a 9X10 room that we couldn't eat in because the front door of the house opened up into it(long story).
When we moved out here to Ohio, we finally got some space. I am now planning a permanent layout in the unfinished utility area of the basement (or maybe the 9X9 den if I can convince my wife of that idea).
Good luck with the home plans.
Jakeoregano (aka Dwayne)
It's simple.. Build a wall, on one side the first 3 feet from the ground up, is wine cellar, in the wall. Aboven the wine storage, on the other side of the wall you can build your trainlayout, as long as it's above 3 feet they don't bite eachother. The wine cellar is a wall in the game room (convenient also, because reaching for refreshments when gaming is easy) This way you can use half the basement (and by miscalculation while building the wall even 2/3!) of the basement for the trains, while your wife has her winestorage and gameroom..
Nick12DMC wrote: daan wrote: lionroar88 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote:Chiefie.....you need a bigger hammer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nah! He needs a Single Shield Tunnel Boring Machine! I know one for sale, they left it in the soil somewhere under the north sea while digging the channel tunnel.. You'll have to organize transport and rescue from the deep sea yourself though..I thought they left it on the middle of that roundabout in Calais??? Guess its the front part, maybe the Chief could use that as a starting point. Might be available at a discount, just provided your own C5 Galaxy for shipment...LOL Nick
daan wrote: lionroar88 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote:Chiefie.....you need a bigger hammer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nah! He needs a Single Shield Tunnel Boring Machine! I know one for sale, they left it in the soil somewhere under the north sea while digging the channel tunnel.. You'll have to organize transport and rescue from the deep sea yourself though..
lionroar88 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote:Chiefie.....you need a bigger hammer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nah! He needs a Single Shield Tunnel Boring Machine!
Blueberryhill RR wrote:Chiefie.....you need a bigger hammer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know one for sale, they left it in the soil somewhere under the north sea while digging the channel tunnel.. You'll have to organize transport and rescue from the deep sea yourself though..
I thought they left it on the middle of that roundabout in Calais??? Guess its the front part, maybe the Chief could use that as a starting point. Might be available at a discount, just provided your own C5 Galaxy for shipment...LOL
Nick
Yep, they used 4 tunneling machines, one of them is in calais on a roundabout, one is somewhere in the middle of the tunnel and 2 are shredded. May be, if the chief has patience, there are 4 tunneling machines left in switserland after the new gotthard tunnel is finished. Those machines are more rugged to deal with the rocks and stone stuff, the channel machines where for soft chalkstone..
Chief, Keep up the good work. I do think you need to slow down a little though, at this rate, You will be done before me.
dennis
TCA#09-63805
phillyreading wrote:Chief, Have you tried using a sawzall electric saw? I use it to cut 2 X 4's and tree branches. What size drill (not the drill bits)are you using? A 3/8 or 1/2 inch drill should work fine on older walls. Like you I find that electronic stud finders can be off quite a bit. For all you jokers out there I didn't have any power loss while Chief did his work. Lee F.
Sawzall is what I am using [that is what a reciprocating saw is]. Drill, Craftsman 19.2 V big sucker.
The other tunnel is done. Plenty of room as the two main lines will go straight and the coal sideing will half curve and go through.
Other side.
Don't know how much I'll get done. Wife off tomorrow. Wants to take down Christmas.
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