Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Sep 29, 2020 · Thanks Menards for the info above. But I was thinking some of your early xfmrs were not good for your buildings. Seems I remember the output voltages were all over the place and were not regulated outputs. So if I am correct, how do we tell which of Menards power supplies are OK to use? Is there some type of date or model # stamped on the back of the newer power supplies? Thanks for any input.
Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Oct 7, 2020 · Morning guys, just a little update. I hooked up a 13.5v power supply to a dc to dc buck converter with 4.5v output. to date I have 8 Menards buildings, a Fuel station, yard lights, a scratch built Tank Farm, and 3 Menards lighted vehicles hooked up with no ill affect to any of them. Here are a couple photos.
Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Sep 29, 2020 · Hi, FWIW, I have 8 Menards buildings and numerous lighted vehicles and lighted signs, all powered with Menards power supplies which are plugged into a power strip. The power strip is plugged into a Christmas light receiver which I control with the Christmas light transmitter. Thus I can turn on/off all Menards products by pushing one button on the transmitter. i have approximately 150 Dept 56 ...
Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Sep 29, 2020 · I recently added a Menard's Schoolhouse and their Schneider Warehouse to my layout. All my lighting to date has been 14.5v. I ordered both white and soft white 14.5v LEDs online and use an MTH terminal block to light all my buildings. I have a 14.5v, 3.5amps supply from an old MTH RTR box and the milliamp load on my buildings hardly adds to 1.0 amps. As mentioned somewhere online, maybe in one ...
Re: choosing the correct power supply fo Menards buildings
Until Menards rates their buildings, or, members start testing their buildings and reporting their results, it’s a guess on the mA requirements for each building. As you read in the thread, I personally measured a few buildings and the results were right at 10mA per led.
Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
I just recently added a Menards Cripple creek lumberyard to my layout, powered using a buck converter set to 4.5 vdc. Wow, is it bright! It's got a lot of leds and they are the bright white variety. Looks like something off the set of ET. I plan to tweak the buck converter output down a little to make it more realistic, we shall see how it goes. I could also change out the led strips to warm ...
Menards Buildings | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Sep 29, 2020 · I agree totally with Mark on this one. I have over 30 buildings all connected to a power strip with no problem.
W/S vs.Menards Buildings ? | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
Dec 19, 2012 · The Menards buildings are Woodland Scenics/Menards buildings. By selling a slightly different (no interior photo & lights) less expensive structure through Menards WS probably expects to increase sales volume by reaching customers outside the model RR world. This is especially true given the few towns with hobby shops today. No question buying the model at the local hobby shop does help that ...
Re: (08/08/23) New! Lamont Lanes Bowling Alley from Menards!
Aug 8, 2023 · I just picked my special order Bowling Alley up, at a local Menards. It will go on the shelf with the Rocket Diner and several other Menard’s buildings. I need another layout setup, but can’t save up for the materials due to Menard’s continuous offerings of buildings and accessories.
Re: Light dimming adjustment alternative for Menards buildings
Yup, am thinking they use bright white on menards. Those smaller ones are the WS buildings. They use amber on outside, warm white on the interiors. So they're definitely different.(see interior of gas station vs exterior. Plus there are 18 led on front of Menards depot alone with 23 more around the other sides. Only 3-4 lights total on WScenics ...