Appliance Store for the Layout. You Must See This
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Yep -- that same WS offering was also my first pre-built, pre-lit structure:
To be fair, I had some problem getting it to work as advertised (there's a separate thread about my travails), but eventually beat it into submission, and even re-badged a vintage Coke truck to serve as a delivery van. There's also a thread about an upgraded kit-bashed version of this piece that really takes the realism to another level!
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I have that too. Woodland Scenics are expensive but you get what you pay for.
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Don, that is a cool building. You might be interested in what this guy did with his.
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There's a company that makes tiny TV's that actually broadcast live pictures, Tiny TV. You can send any video you like to them or even tune in off-the-air TV. Here's the Tiny TV Player Kit.
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Norton, that is amazing. As for the tiny TV's? At $70 each? That would bring the five TV's to over $350. To much for my blood. I must say Woodland makes some nice stuff. I bought the street lights and signals. Nice to see a company doing some O gauge for us.
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Yeah, that's about the range I've seen as well. Yes, you do need a controller, as well as a power source. Be aware that the "official" 24VDC wall wart is a bit pricey IMHO at 20 bucks. If you already have other WS "Just Plug" items, you may already have all the power stuff, but you will need an open channel on your controller.
Be aware that I ran into problems trying to use a non-WS wall wart, even though by the specs it should have worked perfectly. The details of my struggles are documented in the kitbashing/upgrade thread mentioned above, but WS was fairly responsive and I was fully satisfied with the final result.
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A full wave rectifier (bridge) and a capacitor on a transformer's 16V AC accessory output will get you ~22.5 VDC for LED lighting and related low power needs.
If I just changed the Smith to a stylized scripted Dillon, this could almost have been my uncles radio and tv store! Most likely where I got my electronics interest..
My uncle recounted the first tv he worked on. This did not use the horizontal flyback transformer scheme to generate the CRT's high voltage anode, rather a small neon sign tranformer and diode. He reached in and next thing he remembered waking up across the other side of the room!
My uncle recounted the first tv he worked on. This did not use the horizontal flyback transformer scheme to generate the CRT's high voltage anode, rather a small neon sign tranformer and diode. He reached in and next thing he remembered waking up across the other side of the room!
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Ah, yes, the joy of tube-powered electronics!
I never had quite as close a call as your uncle, but when I built the power supply for a ham radio transmitter back in the early '60's (iron-core transformer and choke, tube diode, high capacity capacitor), I was introduced to the concept of the slow discharge cycle for the power supply's high voltage (600+ volts!) smoothing capacitor. I was savvy enough to have turned off the power supply before working in it, but didn't allow enough time for the capacitor's charge to dissipate (or think to manually discharge it!), so when I reached into the chassis, my finger was the path I offered up to it to discharge through! In addition to the pain and whole-body flinch that ensued, I ended up with a blackened pit on the tip of my finger, which was a lasting reminder to me for several months to be more cautious!
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