Hi Guys,
I'm new to model railroading and to this forum. Here is my question.
I am building a wall train in my kids room. (see pics). It's a work in progress I know, but anyways, I have wired a bunch of lamppost and building lights around the tracks I have up thus far (est. 10-12 lights thus far).
To make it easier for my kids to turn the lights on and off, I brought a toggle switch from Home Depot and built a box around it. The toggle switch specs are 10 A 277 V AC / 20 A 125 V AC / 3/4 HP 125-250 V AC. Now I'm not electrician and have no idea what all this means.
I'm powering the lights with a cheapo tyco transformer (as you can see in the pic). The specs on the transformer is rated at 7 VA Max Output and 18 V AC. I have the wire for the lights connected to the switch, which is then connected to the transformer.
Here in is my problem. The switch works perfectly when I initially plug in the transformer. I can even leave the lights on for an extended amount of time (so far just tested about 20-30 min). However, when I turn off/on the toggle switch, I can hear a click (sometimes) and then nothing. The lights just go out and don't come back on. After I unplug and replug the transformer, then the lights come back on. I assume it's some sort of safty feature engaging. How do I prevent the lights from going out and having to replug everything?
Any help or suggesting would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rod
I'm new to model railroading and to this forum. Here is my question.
I am building a wall train in my kids room. (see pics). It's a work in progress I know, but anyways, I have wired a bunch of lamppost and building lights around the tracks I have up thus far (est. 10-12 lights thus far).
To make it easier for my kids to turn the lights on and off, I brought a toggle switch from Home Depot and built a box around it. The toggle switch specs are 10 A 277 V AC / 20 A 125 V AC / 3/4 HP 125-250 V AC. Now I'm not electrician and have no idea what all this means.
I'm powering the lights with a cheapo tyco transformer (as you can see in the pic). The specs on the transformer is rated at 7 VA Max Output and 18 V AC. I have the wire for the lights connected to the switch, which is then connected to the transformer.
Here in is my problem. The switch works perfectly when I initially plug in the transformer. I can even leave the lights on for an extended amount of time (so far just tested about 20-30 min). However, when I turn off/on the toggle switch, I can hear a click (sometimes) and then nothing. The lights just go out and don't come back on. After I unplug and replug the transformer, then the lights come back on. I assume it's some sort of safty feature engaging. How do I prevent the lights from going out and having to replug everything?
Any help or suggesting would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rod