OUR (yes, my wife is very involved) garden railroad is undergoing a major upgrade this year and that includes adding 8 new buildings with LED lighting. I recently purchased a "Moonrays" #95431 Low Voltage Outdoor Transformer, 120 watts, 12 volts to power the lights. This transformer has several cycle possibilities, including some that turn the lights on at dusk and turn them off 4, 6 or 8 hours later.
I think it would be a little boring to have them all go off simultaneously at say, 4 hours after dusk. What I would like to do is to put a (reasonably priced) device in at least some buildings that will turn them off before the transformer cycle ends, say at 2 or 3 hours after dusk.
On advice from a garden railroad forum, I have searched the internet and found many timers, but none specifically suited for my purposes. Also, I need to mention that I understand electricity reasonably well but know very little about electronics and the related terminology.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions?
Thanks,
David