I got some life-like brass street lamps for my layout and was wondering if it is bad to wire these in parallel? There nice and bright but I don't know how long they will last like that. If I wire them in series they are noticeably dimmer, but they might last longer. This is the only thing hooked up to the acc output of my transformer except for turnouts.
So can these things take the power? When I was young it seemed like every acc I hooked up melted from the heat of the bulb. But maybe since these are brass, they might not have any heat problems. So how do you guys hook your stuff up?
So can these things take the power? When I was young it seemed like every acc I hooked up melted from the heat of the bulb. But maybe since these are brass, they might not have any heat problems. So how do you guys hook your stuff up?
EZ how do you go about hooking the lights to a power pack so you can control brightness? I was thinking about some type of dimmer switch or ??. My knowledge of electronics is limited so I need some non-complicated manner of how to control brighness of the street lights on our layout. Any help would be greatly apprciated.