Lightmybricks Detective's O ce 10246 User manual

Light My Bricks
Installation Instructions for Light My Bricks LED Lighting Kits
May 23, 2016 · 16 min read
Light My Bricks : Detective’s O ce 10246
Light Kit Instructions
The following page is the instructions for the Light My Bricks LEGO
Detective’s O ce (10246) Light Kit.
To ensure a trouble-free installation of your light kit, please read and
follow each step carefully.
Please note: This page lists instructions for the
LED light kit only. If you are wishing to purchase
the Light My Bricks LEGO Detective’s O ce
(102461) LED light kit , please click here to view
the product page
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Package contents:
• 6x White Strip Lights

• 5x White 30cm Bit Lights
• 11x Flashing White 30cm Bit Lights
• 1x 12-port Expansion board
• 1x 8-port Expansion board
• 1x 6-port Expansion board
• 1x Lamp Post with LED and cable attached
• 1x AA Battery Pack (requires 3x AA batteries)
• 6x Adhesive squares
• 6x 15cm connecting cables
• 2x 5cm connecting cables
LEGO Pieces:
• 2x Lego Transparent Red 1x1 Round Plates
• 1x Lego Transparent Blue1x1 Round Plate • 6x
Lego 1x6 Plates (for mounting Strip Lights)
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Important things to note:
Laying cables in between and underneath bricks
Cables can t 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 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 t easily into
a port connector, do not force it.
Incorrectly inserting the connector can can
result in bent pins inside the port or possible

overheating of the expansion board when
connected.
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 t easily into a port connector, don’t force it. Doing so will
damage the plug and the connector.
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.

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OK, Let’s Begin!
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Instructions for installing this kit
1. ) This lighting kit is installed from the bottom up. Start by removing
the 2nd and top levels of the modular building. To enable us to lay
the cable for the lamp post underneath the brick tiles, remove the
following tiles as per below.
2.) Replace the original lamp post with the Light My Bricks lamp
postensuring that the cable is laid in the middle the 2 studs.

3.) Gently bend the base plate down and lift the building of the
groundoor up and thread the cable for the lamp post underneath the
brick wall. Ensure that the cable is laid in between the brick studs.
4.) Pull the cable up from underneath the wall and then connect this
tothe rst available port of the 8-port expansion board.
5.) We will now connect ashing lights to the barber pole. Start
byremoving the Lego pieces in the following order.

6.) Slightly lift up the grey 2x10 Lego piece, and then remove thebarber
pole section from underneath.

7.) Disassemble the round Lego pieces which make up the barber
poleand then replace them with the Transparent Blue and Red Lego
pieces which came with this kit.
8.) Take one of the ashing bit lights and then starting from the
bottomsections up, lay it down (LED component facing up) and then
connect the rst transparent red light piece on top.

9.) Continue this process with 2 more ashing bit lights for anotherblue
and red light, ensuring you lay the cable the exact way as shown in
the photo examples. There will be a slight gap between each brick,
this is because of the cables and this is OK as this whole section will
connect securely under the grey Lego 2x10 brick.
Use the blue Lego 2:1 bricks to secure cables.
10.) Group together the cables for the 3 ashing lights and thread
themthrough the spacing where you removed the barber pole section
from and then reconnect this section back to its original position.

11.) Reconnect the Lego pieces we removed on top of this section
andthen plug the 3 cables of the ashing lights into the spare ports on
8port expansion board. Secure the expansion board to the top of the
back wall using one of the provided double sided adhesive squares.
Remember: You can test out the lighting we have connected so far by
simply plugging in the battery pack cable into a spare port of the
expansion board and then turning it on.
12.) Neaten up the cables by laying them in between studs
underneathLego tiles.

13.) We will now move onto installing the “down lights” for the front
ofthe pool hall. Start by removing the following lego pieces.
14.) Take a standard bit light (non ashing) and lay it down at thebottom of
one of the lighting sections in the following position pictured below.
Then connect this back into its original position ensuring that the LED
light component is clearly visible from underneath.

Ensure that the LED component is facing the correct way before connecting
Repeat this process for the 2nd lighting section using another standard bit
light then reconnect the Lego pieces we removed in step 15 to their
original positions.
15.) Connect the other end of the cables from the 2 LED lights we
justinstalled into the spare ports of the 8-port expansion board.
Neaten the cabling by hiding them underneath the at Lego tiles.

16.) Take a 15cm cable and connect it into a spare port of theexpansion
board. We will use this to connect to the strip lights.
17.) Take the entire section of the second oor and ip it over so we
caninstall lights to the ceiling.

Take 3 LED strip lights and connect them together using 2x 5cm connecting
cables. Stick/connect the lights in the following positions below. We will
identify them as striplight#1, striplight#2, and striplight#3.
18.) Take a 15cm cable that we connected earlier to the expansionboard
and connect the other end of this to the left port of striplight#1.

19.) Take another 15cm cable and connect this to striplight#3 andthread
the other end of this cable up through the spacing which leads to the
second oor.
20.) Reconnect the entire second oor on top of the rst oor and thenpull
the 30cm cable up from the rst oor. Connect this end into a spare
port of a new 6-port expansion board.

21.) We will now light up the lamps above the “Al’s” barber sign.
Start by removing the following pieces to then allow us to remove the 2
individual lamp sections.

22.) Disconnect the 2 transparent yellow Lego pieces from the
lampsections

Take one of the bit lights and thread the cable from the connector side up
through the smaller hole of the transparent yellow Lego piece. Thread this
all the way until the bit light part is up against the Lego piece.
Reconnect this piece with LED back to the lamp shade
ensure cable is facing toward the back and the LED component is facing the correct way down

Repeat this process for the 2nd lamp shade.
23.) Reconnect the 2 wired lamp sections back to its original
positionsensuring the cables for the LEDs are laid between studs.
Then reconnect the pieces which make up the windows and the rest
of the wall.
24.) Take the 2 wires from the lamps and connect them to the 6-
portexpansion board we used previously.

25.) Take another 15cm cable and connect it to the next available portof
the 6-port expansion board.
26.) Turn the building around to the back side and then use one of
theprovided adhesive squares to stick the expansion board on the top
of the wall in the following position.