[HELP] Using Light Brick

[ogelivation]

I bought a "Light Brick 1 x 2 with Single Side Light" (6035) and I have no idea how to use it. What else do I need if I was going to, say, use it as a room light in a Lego house? Thanks.

[syclone]

I think you should use the 9v cable or PF coversion cable to connect to the power source and connect the lamp to the roof of your house and use this part ( http://alpha.brickli...lor":22,"ii":1} ) to reflect the light.

Also check how the part is used in the sets - http://www.bricklink...asp?P=6035&in=S

Edited August 24, 2015 by LXF

[rollermonkey]

Look at this BL entry. You can see the wire type it requires pretty well.

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?S=3748-1#T=S&O={"ii":1}

There only looks to have been two main ways it was used; on trains powered from the early-2000's 9V train motor and in some sets with one of various types of smaller 9V motors being used as a generator connected to a crank or wheels to turn the motor. It also appears in the 2006 Mindstorms Education NXT base set, but that looks like it has a unique adapter to get from the NXT to the light.

Looks like you can get the light for as little as $0.50, but the NXT wire is at least $12, the train motors are at least $30, 9V minimotors are $10 and up, large 9v motors for $6 and up, or micromotors for $7 and up.

In all, it seems like way more work to use it in a building than on a train.

[Saberwing40k]

Look at this BL entry. You can see the wire type it requires pretty well.

http://alpha.brickli...#T=S&O={"ii":1}

There only looks to have been two main ways it was used; on trains powered from the early-2000's 9V train motor and in some sets with one of various types of smaller 9V motors being used as a generator connected to a crank or wheels to turn the motor. It also appears in the 2006 Mindstorms Education NXT base set, but that looks like it has a unique adapter to get from the NXT to the light.

Looks like you can get the light for as little as $0.50, but the NXT wire is at least $12, the train motors are at least $30, 9V minimotors are $10 and up, large 9v motors for $6 and up, or micromotors for $7 and up.

In all, it seems like way more work to use it in a building than on a train.

I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. All you need is a PF extension cable, and plug the lamp on to the underside of the light gray end. That's the end that converts the PF connector to the older 9v style.

[ogelivation]

Sorry for the delay replying - I'm following this topic but not getting email notifications for some reason. Anyway, thanks for the tips, everyone. I'll see if I can find other parts priced reasonably. For some reason when I bought this (as part of a larger order, no big deal) I assumed it was self-powered like the light-up brick in the Ninjago Temple shadow theatre.