Lightmybricks The Louvre LED Lighting Kit User manual

Light My Bricks : The Louvre LED Lighting Kit
Here is the instruction document for the Lego Louvre LED lighting kit. Please read and
follow the steps carefully to ensure this lighting kit is installed properly.
Package Contents:
 2 x LED Strip Lights
 2 x Blue Bit Lights
 1 x 6 Port Expansion Board
 1 x Standard Battery Pack (requires 3 x AA batteries not included)
Connecting Cables
 1 x 5cm
 1 x 15cm
Extra Lego Pieces
 2x 1 x 6 Plate
Any colour will do as the plates are hidden inside the model. These are attached to
the LED Strip Lights.

Important things to note:
Laying cables in between and underneath bricks
Cables can fit in between and underneath LEGO® bricks, plates, and tiles providing they
are laid correctly between the LEGO® studs. Do NOT forcefully join LEGO® together
around cables; instead ensure they are laying comfortably in between each stud.

CAUTION: Forcing LEGO® to connect over a cable can result in damaging the cable
and light.
Connecting cable connectors to Strip Lights
Take extra care when inserting connectors to ports on the Strip Lights. Connectors can be
inserted only one way. With the Strip Light facing up, ensure the side of the connector
with the wires exposed is facing down. If a plug won’t fit easily into a port connector, don’t
force it. Doing so will damage the plug and the connector.

Connecting cable connectors to Expansion Boards
Take extra care when inserting connectors to ports of Expansion Boards. Connectors can
be inserted only one way. With the expansion board facing up, look for the soldered “=”
symbol on the left side of the port. The connector side with the wires exposed should be
facing toward the soldered “=” symbol as you insert into the port. If a plug won’t fit easily
into a port connector, do not force it.

WARNING: Incorrectly inserting the connector can result in bent pins inside the
port or possible overheating of the expansion board when connected.
Installing Bit Lights under LEGO® bricks and plates.
When installing Bit Lights under LEGO® pieces, ensure they are placed the correct way
up (Yellow LED component exposed). You can either place them directly on top of
LEGO® studs or in between.

OK, Let’s Begin!

Instructions for installing this kit
We will start by installing the two blue bit lights under the pyramid at the front of the model
and run the wires from these lights towards the back and then inside the building. Then
we will connect the two lights to the 6 port expansion board inside the building. From
there, we will fix the strip lights to a high position inside the building. We will connect the
strip lights together and connect them to the 6 port expansion board. From here, it’s just a
matter of hooking up a battery pack and putting the model back together!
Remove the centre piece from the top of the pyramid and the four sides of the pyramid.
When I do this, the rods and the plate at the base of the walls come out also. This is
preferred as it will give you the room required to work inside.

Remove the 1 x 2 tiles and the transparent round bricks left from under the pyramid
structure.
What you should see now is a 6 x 6 area of dark grey bricks where the pyramid was as
seen in the picture below.

Now we need to remove three of the “water” pieces on the left hand side of the model.

Remove the two 1 x 2 plates and the sloped tiles fixed to them. You want the highest one
from the left hand side and the lowest one from the right hand side.

We want to make a path to run our wires from inside the pyramid towards the left and right
side of the model. Remove the bottom most 6 tiles on the right hand side of the model. I
have started with the two immediately next to the plate and slope tile we removed.

Remove the remaining four tiles so that you can see the studs from the plates underneath
going all the way to the edge of the model.

We want to do the same sort of thing on the left hand side but higher up where the gap is
from the 1 x 2 plate and slope plate we removed earlier. Looking from there to the left, we
want to remove the 2 x 4 plate, the 1 x 2 plate, the 1 x 2 tile and the remaining four 2 x 2
tiles.

Your model should now look like the picture above. You’ll see that I have also removed
the 1 x 8 plate from the left edge of the model. Go ahead and remove all three from both
sides of the model (6 in total).
OK……let’s put some lights in! These two bit lights will end up sitting reasonably flat and
facing upwards. Run the bit light in from the right had side with the wire in the middle of
the studs we have exposed now that the plates are removed. Bend a slight a curve into
the wire at the globe end so it looks something like the picture below. Follow the path of
the wire between the studs as best as you can.

When you press you finger on the wire close to the LED end, the LED should rest
somewhere near the middle of the four studs in the lower left hand corner. It doesn’t need
to be perfect, but if you can get close to this, things will be easier later on.

Now we are going to put the 1 x 2 plate and sloped tile back and secure the wire under it.
Position the wire in the centre of the two studs that the plate goes on top of and hold it in
place with your finger.

Put the 1 x 2 plate and sloped tile back in place.

If your LED and wire look like the picture below, then you have done well and we are
ready to move on.

We are going to follow roughly the same method for the LED that comes in from the left
hand side. Run the wire in, remembering to curve the end near the LED and we want it to
sit roughly in the middle of the top four studs in the top right hand corner.