Tel2010 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hi All Wonder if someone can help. Im helping on and off a friend of mine with his N gauge layout.He has wired around ten12v grain of wheat bulbs in parallel. Even though he has checked bulbs and they seem ok before installing,after a while once they been on a few minutes they star flashing .He has also installed a second string of lighst to a separate suppy, with the same result . Im not that good with electrics and out of ideas at moment, so could anyone please suggest a solution , as beats me. Thanks in advance Tel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Thumper Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 in series might be better... and ten is a bit much, try batches of three or four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hi All Wonder if someone can help. Im helping on and off a friend of mine with his N gauge layout.He has wired around ten12v grain of wheat bulbs in parallel. Even though he has checked bulbs and they seem ok before installing,after a while once they been on a few minutes they star flashing .He has also installed a second string of lighst to a separate suppy, with the same result . Im not that good with electrics and out of ideas at moment, so could anyone please suggest a solution , as beats me. Thanks in advance Tel It sounds to me that the power supply is being overloaded. Reduce the number of bulbs in parallel or get a power supply with a higher capacity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel2010 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hi Thank you both very much for the quick replys, will put this to him when i see him tomorrow. Tel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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