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Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:14:21 GMT
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Thanks, Bryan, your information was all very helpful. I do have one more
question, however, whic had forgotten to ask: how many lights to each (4.5V)
battery box?
Thanks for you help,
Curt
In lugnet.general, Bryan Kinkel writes:
> Curt,
> I'm doing something similar but with the 9V light system.
>
> The Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 hooked up to a larger battery box that
> used 3 "C" cell batteries.
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=bb45c01 .
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> The connection is made using a 4.5 wire with a two prong connector.
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6_1
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> The connecting wires could be plugged into each other so you could increase
> the length of the wire.
>
> The lights and wires were packaged together in sets 816 & 970.
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/816
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/970
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> And the 12v train system also used them as lamps:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7867
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> Overall, the 4.5 light system worked pretty well. And as I remember, they
> were bright. I have not plugged them in recently, so they may not be as
> bright as I thought they were. But they worked out well for houses because
> you could easily attach the 2x2 brick to the underneath of a roof. The
> bottom of the brick was also clear so light would shine down as well as out
> the front.
>
> See http://library.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0970-1978/ for more pictures.
>
> I recently purchased a set of the newer 9V "Light & Sound" light bricks and
> they did not seem as bright as I hoped they would be.
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=4767
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=4771
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> Personally I would love to see Lego issue additional style light bricks that
> are a bit more flexible than the older 9V bricks. I'm trying to figure out
> the easiest way to anchor the 1x2 with top light to the roof of a building
> or use it as a street lamp.
>
> Does anyone know if the little lights in the 9V bricks can be replaced? Do
> they burn out or dim? They do seem to dim when more lights are added to the
> same power supply.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bryan
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| Curt, I'm doing something similar but with the 9V light system. The Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 hooked up to a larger battery box that used 3 "C" cell batteries. (URL) . The connection is made using a 4.5 wire with a two prong connector. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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