QUOTE: Originally posted by bush9245 Funny this has gone a day without an answer.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by chateauricher QUOTE: Originally posted by bush9245 Funny this has gone a day without an answer. Actually, it only took 2 hours 40 minutes for an answer. There is a topic in the General Discussions forum that can provide you with answers to your lighting questions... http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=68937
QUOTE: Note that you can get fluorescent tubes with color characteristics of sunlight to get a more realistic color rendition.
QUOTE: Originally posted by RFinch To: pcarrell Thanks for the info. I realize that it's expensive to dim fluorescent lights, but since I intend to run my layout only in "daylight" this is not an issue for me. Also when I built the train room, I put in additional lighting curcuits so if at a later time I decide to use dimable lighting, I'll be able to tap into one of these extra curcuits. I've heard of the problem with UV radiation from fluorescent lights fading colors on train layouts. A few months ago, there was a discussion of this problem in this forum. One of the contributors to the forum gave a website reference for UV shields that can be put around the fluorescent tubes to prevent this probelm. The problem with this source was that the shields were very expensive, e.g., $15-20 each. I've seen plastic shields at Home Depot that I believe are designed to prevent the tubes from shattering and they're only about $1-2 each. Will these also screen out the UV radiation? Do you know of an inexpensive source of the UV shields? Those of us using flourescent lighting on our layouts would appreciate hearing about it. How fast does this fading occur? At 65 years old, maybe I don't need to worry about it. Bob
Alex
QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse I went with track lighting with a dimmer.
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