@msp: So not to start down the rabbit hole, a short explanation of the led strips might help. Menards uses 5vdc light strips, by design, powered by their 4.5vdc supplies. Your strips, while they may look alike per se, are 12vdc strips, "generally" identified by a resistor for every three leds. The 5vdc strips, "generally" have a resistor for each led. The Country hotel building, as you see in the description below takes around 1220mA.(1.22 Amps) And, has an animated sign on the top front. So a 1Amp output wall wart may be inadequate(or borderline) to operate this building. The fine print on the cube of the wall wart plug will tell you the volts dc output. Does your sign light and animate? The other wires you speak of may be to power the sign. Hope this helps somewhat.
