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A little progress!


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After a long hiatus, there is reason to add an entry. Poor lighting of a model is an important reason for not being as active as one might be. Certainly the current setting of Legge Lane only works at certain times of the day, so some additional artificial lighting is very necessary, particularly during winter time.

 

I decided on a wired system but finding a good source proved to be difficult. The local bricolage stocked a few items by a German company Paulmann. Finally I tracked down a supplier (Paulmann themselves it would appear) who would sell me a packaged system to England, but not to France. Another supplier could deliver to France but at a premium of about 40%. So, as I am driving back to France soon I decided this was a good time to improve Legge Lane and today I received the package. The lights can be adjusted in any direction and can therefore be fine tuned to illuminate not only the layout but also the pictures above. A win win situation!

 

In addition the lamps are now LEDs so the energy savings will be considerable over halogen bulbs.

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Not just the energy saving ; a 50 W halogen throws out 50 watts of heat, so if too close your models are toasted. LEDs are much safer from that aspect

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