To you folks with medium or large finished layouts: how do you access & replace burnt-out bulbs/tubes above the layout?
Thanks in advance!
Tom B
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I designed mine with that in mind. I can reach the fans, the lights, and the window without any problem. I don't have room for a Topside Creeper, which is a great piece of gear. We have one at the museum. It is not designed to stand on, which you might have to do in order to reach the ceiling. It also takes up a lot of room and you have to have three feet or so of clear space under the layout to accommodate the frame.
Some people build little platforms that can be set in place over track or a parking lot or something, that you can kneel or stand on for access to the ceiling or interior parts of the layout.
we have this guy named Mike, he climbs around the roof trusses like a monkey and tales care of the high stuff
I designed the (fill-the-basement) layout before I did the room finishing work. That way I knew ahead of time the optimum placement of ceiling pot lights, wall outlets (2 or 4 duplex), location of key ceiling HV and cable connection devices, etc. It's worked out well. Re the thread title, all bulbs are accessible from the aisle. My ceiling bulb 'issue' is transitioning from incandescent to CFL's. The CFL's, while having their downsides (doesn't everything?), have outlasted the incandescent bulbs WAY longer. I'm impressed. I'm becoming quite accepting of them.
KD
After clearing off the top of the layout, I shimmied my way to the fixture and replaced the bulb with a 40W LED.
Maybe expensive now, but this guy don't like to shimmy! lol
AF
