The Fire Alarm System in the house was installed in the 1960's. it worked off heat sensors strategically placed throughout the house. The system has been out of service for some time and has just been sitting dormant with the power feeds removed. The sensors are still in every room of the house, I left them there pretty much for nostalgia. the box needs to be removed now because the cutoff switch panel for the generator needs to go there.
So I chopped the sensor feed wires and took the panel down, Four screws, no big deal.
The emergency power source looks like it has seen better days, a little corrosion.
Are those batteries suppose to be still in use after 38 years?
September 27, 1978... That was my high School Graduation year.
Anyway, the box is down and the space is open.
I still haven't decided what to do with the choo choos, the progress on the layout came to an abrupt halt after the $1000.00 Digi-trax control system and a few $400.00 and $500.00 digital engines were stolen a few years ago.
I thought many times about getting back into it, but....I don't know.
The pleasure of working on it was pretty well murdered by the theft, not to mention having to buy all that stuff again is prohibitive.
So, for now it will continue to sit and collect dust, and florescent light bulbs, tools, jars, nuts and bolts, and anything else that gets dropped on the layout.
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