Model Train Journal

All:

Has anyone played with this system of lighting? Feedback (good, bad, ugly)?

Thanks,

George

Let me answer my own question.

I am not impressed. The Just Plug system is (relatively) easy, cheaply made, and expensive. The words "flimsy" and "cheesy" come to mind. I will use it for this particular section of HO houses and a street lamp (chiefly because of the lamp), but it will not see any other use on the Panhandle. I can roll my own and get a much better, inexpensive, and robust outcome.

George

I don’t know much about it but there are so many good options with LED’s that it just doesn’t make sense to be locked into a plug and play type system. I have a lighting bus powered by the variable voltage side of my ZW.

There are many styles of street and yard lights, rolled stick on LED’s, grain of wheat style LED’s, gooseneck style, all come with leads that I simply wire to the bus. For an incandescent look on the whiter LED’s I simply apply a dab of yellow nail polish to the LED. Works great.

It is more of a system for those that are electron transport challenged and either cannot or do not wish to be bothered with active thought on the matter. For those, it's fine. For those that are DIY competent, you might continue in that same vein.

Greg, Rufus - I've pretty much come to the same conclusion. I'll use it here for the HO street light and houses simply because it's convenient, but it will not be practical or economic for the rest of the layout. I'm really not happy about its cheap manufacture - junk waiting to fail.

George