Has anyone had problems with the new Christmas houses from MTH. I picked up two of them this month, and have them set up on my Christmas tree layout. I have around a dozen structures on there, all wired the same way. I have terminals on top of the platform, wired to barrier strips underneath. That way, I can just plug the buildings in each year. Everything was working fine, as always, including the two new MTH houses. However, the other night the colored LEDs on one house stopped working. The interior light was still on, but the exterior lights weren't. Took it back to the hobby store today, and the shop gave me a new one.
I just hooked it up and turned on the layout - no lights in the new house at all. Turned off the layout to check the connection, then I saw the smoke. Every piece of wire is cooked inside. The house is a loss. The house in that spot this morning had light, all of the other houses are still working, including the other MTH house. Whenever something goes wrong, I take it for granted that it is my fault, but I am having trouble figuring out what I could have done to this one. Any guesses? The way that thing burned, I'm wondering if I should yank the other one out before I see a rerun. I hate fire.