I just ordered a new Woodland Army Recruiting Building and was wondering what is the power requirement for the building lighting .I haveAC and DC power available.
thanks
Mikey
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Instructions are online.
Instructions indicate 16-20VAC or 24VDC power source required.
I did not find it that simple. I decided to test the lights on some recently acquired Woodland/Menards buildings by directly connecting them to the Just-Plug 24 V transformer. It worked for the Mercantile building and the Mastercraft door factory but blew out the LED's in the Eau Claire general store and the Harrison Hardware. I connected grey to gray and black to black so that would not seem to be the problem. The first 2 had multiple led's the other 2 a single one. My assumption is the too much amps for a single led.
Be careful out there
@ArmchairAndy posted:I did not find it that simple. I decided to test the lights on some recently acquired Woodland/Menards buildings by directly connecting them to the Just-Plug 24 V transformer. It worked for the Mercantile building and the Mastercraft door factory but blew out the LED's in the Eau Claire general store and the Harrison Hardware. I connected grey to gray and black to black so that would not seem to be the problem. The first 2 had multiple led's the other 2 a single one. My assumption is the too much amps for a single led.
Be careful out there
Did you connect them directly to the 24V transformer or to a light hub port?
@ArmchairAndy posted:I did not find it that simple. I decided to test the lights on some recently acquired Woodland/Menards buildings by directly connecting them to the Just-Plug 24 V transformer. It worked for the Mercantile building and the Mastercraft door factory but blew out the LED's in the Eau Claire general store and the Harrison Hardware. I connected grey to gray and black to black so that would not seem to be the problem. The first 2 had multiple led's the other 2 a single one. My assumption is the too much amps for a single led.
Be careful out there
I agree with this post. I have some buildings that worked fine on 12 vdc, and one that blew out the LED. I honestly did not read the instructions on the one that blew out, so perhaps they are not all the same voltage requirement. My suggestion is to be ready to replace.
Just purchased the traffic lights. No specs listed.
Since everything I have with LEDS so far from Evans will operate safely with built in resistors, I'm using the 17v track power. No need for a bunch of AC power adapters anymore. I run MTH DCS so the Z never goes above 18v.
I will have one master shut off switch for all LED's should I decide to run the old Lionel conventional antiques or Williams FM's.
Yes I did connect them directly don’t propose to do that again although I’m not sure why using the lighting hub would fix that
I’m not an expert but if I remember correctly, the Woodland Scenics buildings have the AC to DC converter built into the electronics where you plug them in using their Just Plug power source, not so for the Menards buildings. For them you need a AC to DC converter set at 4.5v DC between the power source and the building.
Like is said, I’m not an expert but that’s what I remember and I am sure if I’m wrong, I’ll be corrected.
Mike
I keep hearing about Menards and the 4.5 V and I have a lot of that but it does not work on any of the buildings that I recently got which are Woodland/Menards. I’m assuming you’re talking about the non-Woodland Menards stuff which I have not acquired.
re Woodland Scenics/Menards old buildings
about 2 years ago stan2004 found the answer for me shown on an ebay building sale posting for a Woodland Scenics Menards Country Gas Station Building
the old package stated “ Voltage 16-20 VAC/Current 90ma maximum “
most of the Menards new stuff is 4.5 V DC
