Lamplighter 1 (Affordable lighting source for multiple fiber optics).
The Lamplighter System is an innovative system using fiber optics to illuminate a variety of structures, lamp posts and building lights . Based on using a very intense light system underneath the train layout, fiber optics are then run into the space to be illuminated. The light source is 30x’s times brighter than the typical LED used in hobby applications, which allows lighting of buildings and creating street lamps that will really glow well. Indeed, the light output of a single 1.5mm fiber optic is 30 times greater than a typical 20mA LED.
Model train layouts really come alive utilizing a single source of intense light delivered by fiber optics! So, if you are lighting a diorama, a modular system, or a small region of your model train layout, you will find this amazingly simple to use.
To light a structure all one has to do is snip off the appropriate length of an optical fiber, insert one end into the Lamplighter box and run the other end up through a hole into the structure. A grommet accepts the fibers and holds them inside the box. Each Lamplighter box allows you to light up multiple structures, making the addition of lights into many structures very simple.
The Lamplighter 1 is in two formats; with a 110V power adapter which requires a 110V outlet or without a power adapter, which allows you to power the Lamplighter using the existing AC accessory voltage that likely already exists under your layout.
- Effective area of Lamplighter 1: 22 mm²
- Effective area of Lamplighter 2: 50 mm²
- Effective area: 70% of total area of the Lamplighter optical cavity