O wow ... You know at first, I thought you were having a lightning and thunderstorm!!! WOW so sad that people do give you a hard time on YOUR Layout!!!!! Thank you for show this. + this is a good thing to do like mine lol. Thanks for the good video and a lot of good info too!!!!
The best thing about building a model railroad is the practice of all trades to construct it. Electrical and basic electronics, digital theory, carpentry, layout design development, painting and artistic creativity,assembly and, logistics operations. If I had to hire someone , (a licensed electrician) I would be broke lol.
Thanks Ron. I have yet to tackle the lighting aspect,but it makes a huge difference. Good shout out for Martin,Marklin of Sweden. He is a mine of information and modelling skills done with Swedish humour. Well worth checking out even if you are not doing Marklin or european.
Great lights went with them about 6 months. Got a few other guys using them for their layout. I too had issues finding the 2 footers but finally found them on amazon after looking a different way.
Nice job on the light improvements on your layout. I never did this on any of my past layouts with florescent lights. I can relate to the humming noise of them i remember them when i was in grade school 😃. However I did install a florescent light in my Stereo cabinet in the early 1990''s. And that light has that buzzing sound/ noise. On a future layout🤔 that's on my list. Enjoyed watching. Harold.
I've used these fixtures on both levels of my layout at 5k as well. They are a great option, affordable, and easy to install. I also have these lighting up my garage/workshop.
Ron, I know you hard wired your lighting, but for those that are using plugs into outlets there is an additional feature you could add to this. A remote outlet set. In my train room there 5 double outlets around the room. On Amazon I bought a five outlet adapter kit with two remotes. Everything in the room is hooked up to these remote outlets. The layout power supplies, my hobby desk and the additional lighting. Just inside the entrance to the room there is a white board with a shelf for the dry erase markers. I leave a small 10 button remote on that shelf. When I walk into that room I can power up any outlet 1 through 5 or I can power all 5 up. When I leave the room I can power down everything in the room with the remote. The small remote has 5 On buttons and 5 Off buttons. I make it a habit to power down everything. That way I do not forget anything, including my soldering station. When I walk out It all gets powered down. Think of it as a safety feature.
Sounds like what I want to do. Can you please provide a picture of what you are talking about with brand so I can buy the right thing please? Thanks!!!!
@@richardgallagher913 Look on Amazon for BN-LINK Mini Wireless Remote Control Outlet Switch Power Plug in for Household Appliances. I am sure there are other versions. This set is $27.99. Just copy that and plug it in on the Amazon search bar. I made that suggestion to Charlie on the Chadwick Railway channel and he did the same thing and made a video on it. If you plugs these into the upper outlet of the two then you still have the lower of the two that is still live. I really like being able to shutdown the room. Not only safer, but I don't have to worry if I left something on in there when a thunderstorm pops up.
The cost was not as bad as I figured from the link you gave. Now to safely dispose the old lights. I have been doing home electrical work since I was 9 and now 74. Dad passed away back then so who else was going to do it!
Ron. Idea. Install dimmer switches for each light on the facia so you can equal the lighting or even have night scenes or varying times of day along different sections of track.
Not a good option with video BECAUSE even dimmable LEDs are not truly dimmable. They use pulse width modulation to create less light, but on video the pulse becomes visible like a strobe light.
@@RonsTrainsNThings On my old Android phone, the LED modulation was the same as the cell phone camera shutter so I would get these dark horizontal lines across my photos. Was very annoying when I wanted just a quick photo. Not an issue with my iPhone thankfully.
Thank you for the video. I saw your original video when you first introduced these LEDs. I just ordered the 5000k set. They really good on your layout!
These lights are great Ron, I used something similar after watching your first video. Boy it's bright and a little getting used to. Things there look great. Thanks yet again for sharing your experience. Keep having fun, Chris
I put these in my garage a couple of years ago. Plugged them into the outlet on the door opener and use a $12 remote from Lowe's. Lots of light and they hardly use any electricity
Ron another option is to retain the fixtures, cut the wires at the ballest and remove the ballast, wire nut the 120v (black hot wire to the wires one end of the fixture and white neutral to the wires on the other end of the fixture . Sylvania makes a direct drive (120v) t8 5000k led tube that fit the old florescent fixtures install the new tubes watching polarity.... Done!!
People need to mind there own business about what you do in your own home , if you can wire a layout I’m sure your qualified to put up some led lights. Love your videos
Always enjoy your videos. My background is similar to yours with respect to construction. A question would be how far back are you mounting the tubes and did you consider strips of LEDs with a seperate diffuser. Most of my bench work is open frame construction that is made up of 2 foot on center cross bracing. Therefore, you can't get a 2' or 4' tube between the benchwork support on the underside of the upper level.
Ron: very dumb question-I’m mounting a PM42 to create 4 power districts. Is it necessary to mount so I can see the LEDs on the PM42? I ask only because I can’t find any other UA-camr doing it. Thanks!! Ken
Florescent lights fade the colors on your scenery where. LEDS don't do that. You can get LEDS in different temps also , daylight, warm and in-between. They are relatively inexpensive so you can buy short in each temp and see what you like and where.
I think its ashame experienced modelers can show newbies how to wire a simple 110v outlet without all the dead head bunch jumping down your throat. Its not rocket science. Everything is color coded. The most valuable thing is to check local codes and turn off power. Unfortunately, some will have a go at it without the help you could provide. Nice presentation Ron.
See how to I light a new section of model railroad as I did with my layout expansion here: ua-cam.com/video/dVKP8D4FOJI/v-deo.html
Redid my entire train room with these lights!
O wow ... You know at first, I thought you were having a lightning and thunderstorm!!! WOW so sad that people do give you a hard time on YOUR Layout!!!!! Thank you for show this. + this is a good thing to do like mine lol. Thanks for the good video and a lot of good info too!!!!
Thanks :"}!!!
Some people need to mind their own business. Great video, Ron. loved the storm coming through the valley...LOL. Yes, I know it was not that.
Lol, Ron the look you are giving!!!! Great video.
Great disclaimer. I like the blinking light. You could paint some massive thunderstorms on the background and pretend it is lightning. 🤪
Ron , I love the LED lights and have some in our sheds. I need to get some for the garage and train room.
Mike
I will be installing some supplemental led strips in areas where these fixtures will not fit as well...the subject of another video.
I will be installing some supplemental led strips in areas where these fixtures will not fit as well...the subject of another video.
The best thing about building a model railroad is the practice of all trades to construct it. Electrical and basic electronics, digital theory, carpentry, layout design development, painting and artistic creativity,assembly and, logistics operations. If I had to hire someone , (a licensed electrician) I would be broke lol.
Wow Ron nice video you done. Thanks for sharing David.
Ron thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my Channel. Take Care & Stay Safe.
You are a brave man to work with a train parked there. I would be guaranteed to drop the drill on an expensive locomotive. Well done.
Yeah, probably not the smartest thing I've ever done.
The lighting looks great Ron.
On the lower deck I probably would have just left the old fixtures and added the new ones. Great video!
Ballasts we're going bad and loud on both decks. They had to go.
Thanks Ron. I have yet to tackle the lighting aspect,but it makes a huge difference. Good shout out for Martin,Marklin of Sweden. He is a mine of information and modelling skills done with Swedish humour. Well worth checking out even if you are not doing Marklin or european.
Great lights went with them about 6 months. Got a few other guys using them for their layout. I too had issues finding the 2 footers but finally found them on amazon after looking a different way.
Nice job on the light improvements on your layout. I never did this on any of my past layouts with florescent lights. I can relate to the humming noise of them i remember them when i was in grade school 😃. However I did install a florescent light in my Stereo cabinet in the early 1990''s. And that light has that buzzing sound/ noise. On a future layout🤔 that's on my list. Enjoyed watching.
Harold.
Thanks for sharing Ron, everything looks good Thanks for sharing always. God Bless and "Happy Rails". GMan
Great job the new lighting looks great
Love these light fixtures, not only do I use them on my layout but I also use them in my garage.
I've used these fixtures on both levels of my layout at 5k as well. They are a great option, affordable, and easy to install. I also have these lighting up my garage/workshop.
Ron, I know you hard wired your lighting, but for those that are using plugs into outlets there is an additional feature you could add to this. A remote outlet set. In my train room there 5 double outlets around the room. On Amazon I bought a five outlet adapter kit with two remotes. Everything in the room is hooked up to these remote outlets. The layout power supplies, my hobby desk and the additional lighting. Just inside the entrance to the room there is a white board with a shelf for the dry erase markers. I leave a small 10 button remote on that shelf. When I walk into that room I can power up any outlet 1 through 5 or I can power all 5 up. When I leave the room I can power down everything in the room with the remote. The small remote has 5 On buttons and 5 Off buttons. I make it a habit to power down everything. That way I do not forget anything, including my soldering station. When I walk out It all gets powered down. Think of it as a safety feature.
Sounds like what I want to do. Can you please provide a picture of what you are talking about with brand so I can buy the right thing please? Thanks!!!!
@@richardgallagher913 Look on Amazon for BN-LINK Mini Wireless Remote Control Outlet Switch Power Plug in for Household Appliances. I am sure there are other versions. This set is $27.99. Just copy that and plug it in on the Amazon search bar. I made that suggestion to Charlie on the Chadwick Railway channel and he did the same thing and made a video on it. If you plugs these into the upper outlet of the two then you still have the lower of the two that is still live. I really like being able to shutdown the room. Not only safer, but I don't have to worry if I left something on in there when a thunderstorm pops up.
@@dkaustin98 Thank you so much! Will do.
Nice lighting system Ron, looks good. Bob
Thanks Bob.
Lighting looks great Ron. I bought some when you did your last video on them. I Will hopefully be installing them soon
They are good lights and so easy to install. Enjoy.
The lighting looks really nice.Thanks for showing us how you changed them.
Ron it looks fantastic this is something I really need to do thank you 😀
great video fella, and what a superb layout you have, greetings from the UK :)
The cost was not as bad as I figured from the link you gave.
Now to safely dispose the old lights.
I have been doing home electrical work since I was 9 and now 74. Dad passed away back then so who else was going to do it!
Ron. Idea. Install dimmer switches for each light on the facia so you can equal the lighting or even have night scenes or varying times of day along different sections of track.
That is an interesting idea.
Not a good option with video BECAUSE even dimmable LEDs are not truly dimmable. They use pulse width modulation to create less light, but on video the pulse becomes visible like a strobe light.
@@RonsTrainsNThings On my old Android phone, the LED modulation was the same as the cell phone camera shutter so I would get these dark horizontal lines across my photos. Was very annoying when I wanted just a quick photo. Not an issue with my iPhone thankfully.
@@RonsTrainsNThings ahh
Thank you for the video. I saw your original video when you first introduced these LEDs. I just ordered the 5000k set. They really good on your layout!
I used those in my 2 car garage. Took eight 4 foot units and worked great.
Outstanding video!
Looks great Ron. It definitely will take care of those noisy ballasts!
Awesome ron excellent video
These lights are great Ron, I used something similar after watching your first video. Boy it's bright and a little getting used to. Things there look great. Thanks yet again for sharing your experience. Keep having fun, Chris
thank you for sharing your detail video
I put these in my garage a couple of years ago. Plugged them into the outlet on the door opener and use a $12 remote from Lowe's. Lots of light and they hardly use any electricity
Ron another option is to retain the fixtures, cut the wires at the ballest and remove the ballast, wire nut the 120v (black hot wire to the wires one end of the fixture and white neutral to the wires on the other end of the fixture . Sylvania makes a direct drive (120v) t8 5000k led tube that fit the old florescent fixtures install the new tubes watching polarity.... Done!!
Thanks for this video I bought a ten pack from Amazon what a difference they make on my layout
Ps it sure dose look good. Great job on this:")!!!
:).
You can place the light tube next to each other at the ends to avoid darker areas.
Good video
People need to mind there own business about what you do in your own home , if you can wire a layout I’m sure your qualified to put up some led lights.
Love your videos
Always enjoy your videos. My background is similar to yours with respect to construction. A question would be how far back are you mounting the tubes and did you consider strips of LEDs with a seperate diffuser. Most of my bench work is open frame construction that is made up of 2 foot on center cross bracing. Therefore, you can't get a 2' or 4' tube between the benchwork support on the underside of the upper level.
Really nice job on the lights. Can you get the frosted covers for the 2 footers separately?
Some lightning going on Ron? Possible modeling idea?
Ron: very dumb question-I’m mounting a PM42 to create 4 power districts. Is it necessary to mount so I can see the LEDs on the PM42? I ask only because I can’t find any other UA-camr doing it. Thanks!! Ken
So just how many of the 4’ strips can you put on a 15 amp circuit? How many amps does a 4’ fixture require?
How did you make those valances? Or, what did you make the valances from?
My valance/fascia is all made from 1/8" tempered hardboard or Masonite.
do they make a bulb that can switch to a nighttime look?
That intro made me feel like I was about to get a lecture.
🤣🤣🤣
Those are great lights, I use them but the retaining clips...not so good.
I was just reading about lighting looking for ideas - are you a mind reader?
Florescent lights fade the colors on your scenery where. LEDS don't do that. You can get LEDS in different temps also , daylight, warm and in-between. They are relatively inexpensive so you can buy short in each temp and see what you like and where.
Save that one random intermittent fixture. Since it looks like lightening as you said, you could get $40 for it on eBay! 😆
Much easier to leave existing ballast & go line voltage LED fast and much cheeper
What happened with the rebuild and expansion you started months ago? You haven't posted anything on it in a long time
You see that bald mountain in the back. It has been there for like 5 years lol.
Well, summer happened, then work, then I had an injury that put me out of commission for a month...but I'm getting back to it.
It's day is coming.
@@RonsTrainsNThings just ruffling your feathers lol. I know how it is having life get in the way of fun.
I think its ashame experienced modelers can show newbies how to wire a simple 110v outlet without all the dead head bunch jumping down your throat. Its not rocket science. Everything is color coded. The most valuable thing is to check local codes and turn off power.
Unfortunately, some will have a go at it without the help you could provide. Nice presentation Ron.
13:30 the disrespect runs far... Put it back on the rails Dude...
I was protecting it from falling debris. 👍🏼🤣
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