The Menards (some) buildings have a recessed cord on the bottom, as well as a plug on the back. The plug on the back works with the Menards AC adapter, but the plug on the bottom is different. I assume it is to light the building if you don't want wires to show, but what do you plug into it?
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If you take a look at the cord under the building, does the barrel jack at the end of the cord look like it's electrically and mechanically equivalent to the jack mounted on the rear of the building? If so, drill a hole in the table, and pass the power cord up into the building, and plug the two connectors together.
The plug on the Menards AC adapter plugs into both of the jacks on the Menards buildings. I’m not sure why they should look different. They serve the same purpose.
Ron
I believe that a person not familiar with the various male and female coaxial connectors might be confused by the slight difference in appearance between the chassis-mount jack and the cord-end jack.
Here's what the Wikipedians have to say:
The connector pairs for barrel connectors are defined in terms of "plugs" and "receptacles"; receptacles are more commonly called "sockets" or "jacks" in the United States. Receptacles may be panel-mounted or circuit board-mounted. Plugs are on cables. Some in-line receptacles are also cable-mounted.
Somewhere in the instruction there should be a reference to a Menards power supply for this model building. The male/female matching cord end connectors would allow for power to this model.
Safety meeting of the day. If the light(s) burned bright, for a few seconds, and died, the applied voltage was probably wrong. Sad note about this hobby. IMO.
My mistake. I just did not push hard enough.
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