DC power supply

[Summertrainz]

i have a 4/8 layout... a dc set
with 3 dc trains
and i have 2 dc bachmann power packs i hooked up and i was wondering how many lights can it power?  Undecided
because i have 4 small lights i want to power with a bachmann steam sound station i bought on ebay
even though the instructions say you should only put one accesory into each,
will it be enough to power it and run 1 train?
yes call me unprofessional...

Fyi ill put some pictures of the layout within the week.  : Tongue

[RAM]

I see no reason why you can't have you four light and the steam sound station.  Go for it.

[Nigel]

The worst thing that could happen is that you start a fire and burn the house down.

On each power pack, there is a power rating.  On each light and other accessory there is a pawer rating (watts or volts and amperes).  Do not try to pull more power out of a supply than it is rated for.  It will get upset, start smoking, and may start a fire.

[Atlantic Central]

Nigel is right!

Asking electrons to do more work then they should is just like asking people to do too much work - they get over heated!

A cool electron is a happy electron.

Learn about the simpe rules of electrical power and/or get some qualified help to avoid burned up equipment and burned down houses.

Sheldon

[r.cprmier]

Summertrainz;

Find an informative book on basic electricity.  It sounds like you should read that treatise BEFORE following yours or anyone else's advice!  If I sould like a hardnose, it is because I am.  THis stuff is nothing to fool with, and if you don't know what you are doing, keep your hands out if it until get informed.  All of this I say as an electrician who has seen some pretty horrendous results of cavalier approaches to electricity.

RIch

[Summertrainz]

nah i KNOW that
isnt their a cicuit breaker within the pack?

i wanted to ask BEFOR i burnt the house down.
because i have two power packs
1 powers the trains
and i want the other to power the lights
if it doesnt power the trains, will it have more electricity for the lights?

i know lights go on ac power.

trains+1 light= good

no trains+4 lights=?....

just wanted to know


-summertrainz