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Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Mon, 12 May 2003 19:41:41 GMT
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"Curt" <CommanderCurt@msn.com> writes:
> Hello,
> For those of you that have the Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2
> (http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=08010b), I have some questions.
> I'm going to buy lights for a model I'm making, and I wanted to get some of
> this kind of piece.
>
> Here are my questions:
> 1. Is there actually a light bulb in there? It's hard to tell by the picture.
> 2. What kind of battery box does it need?
> 3. Is it bright?
Yes there is a light bulb inside, a very small one. It uses the
standard 4.5V LEGO wires and battery box (same as the motors of that
period). I don't know how to quantify its brightness, but my memory
says it was.
I was given one of those when I was a kid (about 10 years old). I
used it to illuminate my Classic Space base MOC's. But I got tired of
running through my C cells and, not having the grasp of electronics
that I do today, plugged the 4.5V LEGO wires directly into the 110V AC
wall outlets.
The lights were REALLY bright for a few seconds, and then forever
dark. I'm just lucky I wasn't shocked and didn't start a fire.
And doubly lucky I didn't live in Europe at the time...
To this day I occasionally contemplate trying to open up the bricks to
replace the light bulb, but never got around to it. I'm pretty sure I
still have the bricks somewhere...
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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