Farmhouse Electrical – Miniatures by Marti & Steve

Electrical Discussion

For the Farmhouse we did a combination of tape wire and round wire. We used a remote control unit so that each room's electrical could be turned on separately. Therefore, each room was wired directly to the remote connection for that room. Also, the house LEDs were wired to one of the remote buttons.

In general, tape wire was used for electrical around the rooms for plugs and sconces. We also used tape wire for outdoor sconces, but ran the tape wire on the inside and connected to the outside using micro-jacks with tails. Round wire was used for all wiring from each room and for LED wiring down to the "basement" level for hookup to the remote unit.

We built a "basement" out of 1" x 4"s so we could run all of the wires to that area. We also built a drawer so we would have easy access to the power supply and the and the remote control unit. We cut slots on the side of the "basement" area as hand holds so it was easier to pick up and move the house.

Note: We used much of the newer technology lighting components available through Custom Reproductions to Scale (CR2S). See the Links page for more information.

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Outdoor Sconces

Outdoor sconce wiring included micro jacks with tails for the sconce plug ins. These were wired through the wall and soldered to the tape wire that ran down the inside wall. Then round wire was used to connect from the tape wire to control panel. All sconces had sconce adapters installed and the socket components installed in the dollhouse (see picture gallery below).

Indoor Sconces

All indoor sconces used tape wire to the room tape wire. All sconces had sconce adapters installed and their socket components installed in the dollhouse (see picture gallery below).

Chandeliers

All chandeliers had chandelier adapters installed and their respective socket components were installed in the dollhouse (see picture gallery below). We're only using three chandeliers, two in the kitchen and one in the dining room. The two in the kitchen have flat tape runs on to the ceiling. These were covered by a "tin" ceiling material. The chandelier in the dining has flat wire up the wall and round wire from the light to the wall (within a beam) where it is plugged in.

Lamps

All lamps had the smaller CK1004 Plug installed. All rooms had CK1003 miniature wall outlets installed where lamps were to be placed, including one on the floor of the living room.

Room LED's

6 inch LED strings were put in each room. The 3rd floor rooms were installed on the ceiling, and the 1st and 2nd floor lights were installed behind the front trim pieces in each room. (See the image for LEDs)

Electrical List of Materials:

6 amp DC power supply/72 watt (707-6 from CR2S)
Power Connector 701-1s Power Connector w/switch (from CR2S)
12 channel remote control (703-12 from CR2S)
Flat tapewire-30 ft. (from CR2S) - approximately 50 feet was used
Kynar twisted Red/Bk 30' (from CR2S) - approximately 50 feet was used
Micro Jacks w/tail (from CR2S)
Micro Jacks no/tail (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)
Miniature Wall Outlets (CK1003)
Miniature Plugs (CK1004)
Sconce Adapters - CK801-1 Sconce Adapter Hexagon (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)
Chandelier Adapters E. CK1023-6 Spring-Loaded Eyelets (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)
Chandelier Adapters A. CK804 Chandelier/Ceiling Fixture Adapter (15/32" diameter) (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)
Chandelier Adapters B. CK804-1 Chandelier/Ceiling Fixture Adapter (19/32" diameter) (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)
Sconce Adapters CK801 Sconce Adapter Round (from Cir-Kit Concepts or CR2S)