@ChiBoyinLA posted:Reviving this thread with a related question: is there a way to run a lighted Lionel AC power building (say, for instance, the Guitar Shop 6-16883) with output from a Woodland Scenics light hub?
I have 8 Woodland Scenics Just-Plug buildings/devices that run through a couple Light Hubs powered by a wall wort. I would like to add a couple Lionel buildings to the same circuit - makes it easy to turn on/off all buildings with one switch.
It would be lovely if I could just plug the Lionel buildings into the light hub using a WS “linker plug,” but that doesn’t work because the light hub is sending DC power. Is there a little device I can install between the light hub and the Lionel device that converts the DC output to AC?
Well, you *could* possibly power a DC low voltage relay to switch separate AC accessory power to the building, but that seems overly complex just to reduce the number of switches needed to fully shut down. FWIW, I fully agree with Vernon that the draw from an AC bulb is much too much for one circuit of the hub and wart to handle, even if you could convert the DC output to AC.
On my layout, *all* power runs through a single Alexa-controlled smart plug to a power strip, and from there on to the various power supplies. I don't know the rest of your layout wiring, but I'd think it would be a lot easier to just plug the WS wall wart and a separate AC accessory supply (small transformer?) for the new building(s) into the same switched power strip, if what you want is a single, common on-off switch.
