Has anyone tried to put lights in the Menards Feed & Seed Building that came out sometime back?
Ken M
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I just received the new Menards power plant. The electric chord to the rectifier is on a white cord with a stupid 90' fitting coming out of the side of the building,hideous,stupid and ruins the look of the plant. SHAME,SHAME, SHAME a complete waste of a $125.00
fastman posted:I just received the new Menards power plant. The electric chord to the rectifier is on a white cord with a stupid 90' fitting coming out of the side of the building,hideous,stupid and ruins the look of the plant. SHAME,SHAME, SHAME a complete waste of a $125.00
Can you post a picture of that? I was considering this building but this sounds like a deal breaker!
Bossman284 posted:fastman posted:I just received the new Menards power plant. The electric chord to the rectifier is on a white cord with a stupid 90' fitting coming out of the side of the building,hideous,stupid and ruins the look of the plant. SHAME,SHAME, SHAME a complete waste of a $125.00
Can you post a picture of that? I was considering this building but this sounds like a deal breaker!
Thinking just place a shrub or something there or camouflage it with a cut straw or styrene as a pipe?
I agree, it sounds like it can be camouflaged in some way, I'd like to see it before I commit!
Bossman284 posted:I agree, it sounds like it can be camouflaged in some way, I'd like to see it before I commit!
Just go to their web site and you can see the power there. Not too large. Purchased a few buildings for a friend out of state and the triple lead power last fall.
Here is the easiest way to camouflage and not worry about an unsightly jack and cord to provide power to the structure. Menards has smartly included an access port on the bottom side of the Power & Light structure that enables me to completely hide the power jack and cord. My Dakota Cabinet Factory from Menards also has an access port on the bottom side which I am using to hide its power jack and cord.
Jim Hartley, CAE
OK thanks my wife wanted her dining room table back so she boxed it up and I will take your word for that. Thank you WE have another issue tho. The pig tail that comes out of the rectifier has a plug in socket that connects to a jack for the 3 way divider. There is a size mismatch and it is a very loose fit. Will need to glue it together for reliability. Thank You for the fast and accurate reply
Sorry you are having problems but I was asking about the Seed & Feed Building.
Ken M
Guys, I could sure use some input.
Thank You, Ken M
Ken - BanjoFlyer posted some information on modifying the building last year. Try this thread - https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...feed-and-seed?page=4 - and his updates were on page 4. Hope this helps,
Daryl
Thank you, that info will help.
Ken M
I put 2 12v LED strip lights in the building today & it looks much better.
Ken M
Ken - sounds great...maybe some pictures when you get a chance? This mod is on my to do list too.
Daryl
Has anyone tried to power these buildings with a train transformer instead of the power supply sold through menards? Not sure if it could be done.
Yes just use 4.5 to 5v DC
Ken M
I wonder what you'd use to light these as with dim, yellowish incandescant lighting, as I'd guess similar prototypes had? (Maybe they come with it, I haven't wired any in yet)
Come on fellas, try and kit bash or scratch build something this detailed for $125! You'll be hard pressed, let alone the time spent. Some folks are never happy. Now get to work, lol
colorado hirailer posted:I wonder what you'd use to light these as with dim, yellowish incandescant lighting, as I'd guess similar prototypes had? (Maybe they come with it, I haven't wired any in yet)
You must have missed it, but go back a month and a half or so and see the article that Rich Melvin (the Webmaster) started about the hint to use a yellow type of paint to brush over bright white LEDs to turn them into soft white/yellow lights that are much more pleasing. This article ran for quite a while.
