Ken and I have some of the same problems--way too many things going on
that it really takes a lot of effort to actually complete something.
When I constructed my RR room I opted for 8' tubes. I put in two double
fixtures flush with the ceiling. It didn't take long to discover that I
needed a third fixture. So I took my punishment, built a scaffold cut
into the ceiling and installed a third fixture. Now after another 20
years or so, I wish I would have put in another 4 fixtures mainly to
light the room edges. I have 10' ceiling in much of the room so the
intensity of the light falls off a bit compared to a typical home or
office setting even though the lighting is a bit more even. I also
installed track lighting in the initial construction. I pretty much use
that for open house and localized construction. The downside of the
track lighting is the heat and extra cost of running those lights. I'll
gradually replace those bulbs with CFL as those floods burn out, but I
have yet to have one go down--humm!
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 3/26/11 7:29 PM, mhrywest wrote:
>
> Putting in a couple of new fixtures today, wondering how many lumens a
> guys needs in his layout room. There is data for office, retail and
> schools and a special section for making lighting friendly for the
> "elderly" which is getting close to hitting home to me. Caused me to
> think about the question of what are we doing. Neat thing is this
> hobby allows us to do so much, we can keep busy and still have too
> much left which makes us think we are not doing anything or much.
> Because I tend to experiment with projects, I rarely do things the
> simple way, because I get distracted from time to time, I often do not
> get closure on a project. I was pretty focused on getting operational,
> this caused me to take on a track rebuilding project.
> Well, after calculating lumens, it will be light temperature, then
> what color to paint one of the view block buildings and then do I want
> a loading shed or awning for the other. I still need to finish my
> H10-44 and determine what railroad to model the second one in. Of
> course there is the new track work in Pine River to finish, an article
> to write and some layout photos to take with Steve and Jim Malone.
> Just like life in the beaver colony. One dam thing after another.
> Beats the alternative.
>
> Hey, while moving stuff around I found my four car Zephyr that I
> intend to sell and an RS32 in CNW scheme that is kinda excess. The
> RS32 was featured in an S Gaugian article if you want to see it.
>
> Ken ZIeska
>
>
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