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I am in the process of wiring up my control panel, and have decided that I want lamps to indicate which blocks I have on. I have figured out how to do it using DPDT switches, but now the only problem is the lamps. I bought some 120VAC lamps from Radio Shack, thinking that I could use them from the AC terminal of my power pack (I have an older one that I am using to dedicate the power from). However, after some trial and error, I have found that these will not work from the power pack, but must be plugged into a regular house socket. I also found out that the AC terminal is too much for LED's. Are there any lamps that I can use that will work from the AC terminal? Or is it possible or even safe to set up a distribution for the lamps using telephone wire(like is set up for blocking) to run off of a regular socket? Thanks in advance for your help.
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