Anybody use the "just plug" system and how do you like it.
Please let me know as well.
Joe Staten Island West
I use it and i quite like it. It is a bit expensive when you put it all together, but is is very simple. I accidentialy left my power supply on too long a few weeks ago and i plan on ordering a new one, so right now my system is not operatable. Your first hub only has 5 (I think, im not home now) Ports for the lights to plug in so you almost have to buy hub expansions. In conclusion, it is very simple and easy to use.
Hope this helps,
Chris
CBT I use it and i quite like it. It is a bit expensive when you put it all together, but is is very simple. I accidentialy left my power supply on too long a few weeks ago and i plan on ordering a new one, so right now my system is not operatable. Your first hub only has 5 (I think, im not home now) Ports for the lights to plug in so you almost have to buy hub expansions. In conclusion, it is very simple and easy to use. Hope this helps, Chris
I'm glad somebody else brought this up because I was going to ask the same thing. I've always used Atlas slide switch components for powering accessories which can be strung together. The WS plug-and-play system looks intriguing but functionally is it any different than using Atlas? Does it need an adapter to work with LED lighting? Also, MRC seems to have come up with a similar system. I would have the same questions about their system.
What´s so difficult about soldering a couple of wires to terminal strips and hook a power supply to them?
Sure, the WS system is easy to install, but at what a price!
I love it, the whole system and for the money you get a complete fast reliable system. Time is worth a lot to me and by the time I use the Hobby Lobby 40%, yes they carry the bulk of what you need, it's a wash in my opinion. I just wish they would add a railroad crossing system and a simple signal system.
Steve B
Sir Madog What´s so difficult about soldering a couple of wires to terminal strips and hook a power supply to them? Sure, the WS system is easy to install, but at what a price!
The system looks great and the feed back I have gotten from others on several forums it seems to be win-win for anybody who likes lighted buildings. The price on the system is very reasonable IMO.
There is also a dimmer control on each output of the light hub
Leaving the power supply on too long caused it to become non-functional? I would say this is a pretty serious issue with the long term reliability of the system.
--Randy
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rrinker Leaving the power supply on too long caused it to become non-functional? I would say this is a pretty serious issue with the long term reliability of the system. --Randy
now what is to long? I just got done using that power supply at a train show. Had it on 7hours one day and 8hours the other day. My power supply is still working 100%.
A relatively low current power supply driving LEDs? You ought to be able to leave it on indefinitely. The LEDs shouldn;t butn out in a lifetime even run 24/7 and unless you get zapped with a surge, a simple power supply should run for years before the most likely failure, one of the electrolytic capacitors leaking. But up near the top one poster said he left it on "too long" and it burned up. That shouldn;t happen.
I saw the WS light system demonstrated at Trainfest and it certainly looks like it would encourage modelers to install more lighting by making it easy, easily explained, and off the shelf. I'd say there is a virtue to that even though lighting is hardly one of the most challenging tasks we face from an electrical project standpoint. Scenery is "easy" too but far too many guys omitted it from their layouts before WS made it so much more easy.
The new Model Rectifier lighting system sounds interesting too.
http://www.modelrectifier.com/genieproducts/lightgenie.asp
Dave Nelson