Week 606

Sun, Mar 8, 2026 thru Sat, Mar 14, 2026

Sun, Mar 8, 2026

Back from vacation...

...time to get working again on the RR.

Tonight I will begin getting Switch #2 in the 
Industrial Park working.

Connecting the three wires from the switch
to the controller.

It's not perfect, yet, but getting closer.

Mon, Mar 9, 2026

Game night!

Jan and I went to NIU (Northern Illinois University) tonight in DeKalb

to watch Kaneland boys basketball defeat Morton for a chance to go

down state to represent Kaneland High School in the IHSA Boys 3A Basketball tournament

Tue, Mar 10, 2026

And then back to work on the RR...

I thought spraying some WD40 on Switch #2 would
give it some lubrication to move better.

We'll have to wait and see if this works...or not.

After messing with Switch #2 I moved on to
Switch #3.

I attached wires to the switch and to the controller.
Since my two sets of wires weren't long enough to
reach their destinations, tomorrow I'll connect them
together under the table.

Tomorrow I should have all three switches in working
order. Let's hope anyway!

My work area - every project seems to end up looking
this way - a complete mess!

I'm going to record .75 as my time working on the
RR tonight.

Wed, Mar 11, 2026

Adding more wiring for switches and controllers...

You can see that three of the six controllers are wired

Switch #1

Switch #2

Switch #3

Working on Switch #4

That took about 30 minutes. I had to go upstairs
for 7 minutes so I won't count the entire 37 minutes.

To see more action of tonight's activities see the Weekly YouTube Video Update

in Saturday's entry below:

Thu, Mar 12, 2026

Continued work on Switch & Controller #4

With interrupted phone calls I'm calling it 1 hour for tonight

Finished wiring up #4 and starting #5.
I still need to tweak #4 switch for proper placement
and better performance. Hopefully tomorrow.

#4 all wired up and ready for adjustments for better
performance results.

Fri, Mar 13, 2026

Sat, Mar 14, 2026