Finally! All 12 Electroliers are placed and wired.
Electrolier combination streetlamp/trolley line poles stand sentry on Grand Ave.
This whole scene is lit entirely by the Electroliers.
The remaining 8 Electroliers freshly cast and receiving their silver paint.
For power supply I ordered this regulated 3 volt 2 amp transformer from Evan Designs. Its regulated so as to prevent voltage surges blowing out the LEDs (the LEDs are cast into the lamp, there is no changing them out!). The output voltage is exactly 3 volts and the 2 amps mean I can power up to 100 LEDs. That should be enough power for the streetlamps on all the streets. It also included a wired socket that I mounted underneath the layout for the power supply to plug into.
All that remains to do now is install the span wires between the Electroliers to support the trolley wires. But the fact that the 3 volt dc lamps and 13.8 volts ac DCC both ground to the poles is of great concern for me. It would have worked fine when track power was DC. But since I switched to DCC which is AC, I'm not so sure. The last thing I want is a Boulevard of Broken Bulbs! So i'm going to rig up a test lamp/pole situation to try it out first so as to try to preserve this Boulevard of Electric Dreams.
Yes sir! This Boulevard of Electric Dreams!
Dandy
Beautiful street scene and lamp poles, well worth the time you took doing it! There are so many classic old street lights in Los Angeles, but sadly only generic poles commercially available. I've been using Viessmann LED park poles in HO and N as the best out there, but yours are way better!
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