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Light My Bricks: Taj Mahal Lighting Kit

 

 

The following page is instructions for the Light My Bricks LEGO Taj Mahal 

(10256) LED light kit. You purchase this kit on our official website. 

To ensure a trouble-free installation of your light kit, please read and follow 

each step carefully. 
 

Package contents:

 

 

8x White 30cm Bit Lights 

 

9x White Strip Lights 

 

2x Multi Colour Strip Lights 

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1x 8-Port Expansion Board 

 

6x 6-Port Expansion Boards 

 

7x 30cm Connecting Cables 

 

10x 15cm Connecting Cables 

 

1x USB Power Cable 30cm 

 

6x Adhesive Squares 

Summary of Contents for 10256

Page 1: ...ur official website To ensure a trouble free installation of your light kit please read and follow each step carefully Package contents 8x White 30cm Bit Lights 9x White Strip Lights 2x Multi Colour Strip Lights 1x 8 Port Expansion Board 6x 6 Port Expansion Boards 7x 30cm Connecting Cables 10x 15cm Connecting Cables 1x USB Power Cable 30cm 6x Adhesive Squares ...

Page 2: ...te 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 ...

Page 3: ... 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...

Page 4: ...nector 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 ...

Page 5: ...OK Let s Begin Instructions for this Kit 1 Start by removing the center tower as well as the second level of theTaj Mahal 2 Disconnect the four towers ...

Page 6: ...3 Take one of the towers and disconnect the roof as per below Take a White 30cm Bit Light and stick it underneath the roof in the centre using an Adhesive Square ...

Page 7: ...4 Reconnect the roof ensuring the cable from the Bit Light is facingone of the corners then disconnect the bottom of the tower from the below position ...

Page 8: ...5 Take the top of the tower and then disconnect the following piecesfrom the bottom ...

Page 9: ...Gently pull apart the two upper round wall sections and then slip the Bit Light cable inside Lay the cable down the middle of the wall sections and then close them up ...

Page 10: ...e two lower wall sections ensuring the Bit Light cable is laid down the middle Thread the end of the Bit Light Cable down the top of the round plate below and then thread the cable down the bottom of the white dish ...

Page 11: ...Reconnect both pieces to the bottom of the top section of the tower 6 Take the bottom half of the tower and then disconnect sections andpieces as per below ...

Page 12: ...7 Insert the black rod with red pieces attached back to the top half ofthe tower ...

Page 13: ...Thread the Bit Light Cable down the top of the section below before reconnecting both round wall pieces as well as the round plate below ensuring the Bit Light cable is threaded down the middle ...

Page 14: ... the lower section of the tower and then disconnect the blackrod with round red piece attached 9 Thread the Bit Light cable through the white dish below and thenreconnect the black rod with red piece attached ...

Page 15: ...f the tower and disconnect the white 3x3 plate as well as one of the wall pieces Reconnect the lower section by threading it up the rod and securing to the bottom of the tower while ensuring the cable is threaded down the middle ...

Page 16: ...necting Cable to a spare port Connect the end of the Bit Light Cable from the tower to the expansion board and then tuck both components inside the wall section of the tower while ensuring the 30cm connecting cable is laid down the middle of the wall piece ...

Page 17: ... wall piece as well as the 3x3 plate 12 Repeat steps 3 through to 11 to install another 3x White 30cm Bit Lights to the remaining 3 towers using 3x Adhesive Squares 3x 30cm Connecting Cables and 3x 6 Port Expansion Boards ...

Page 18: ...ll four towers to the base of the Taj Mahal ensuringthat the cables from each tower is facing towards the centre of the base 14 Take 2x 6 Port Expansion Boards and connect them together using 1x 15cm Connecting Cable ...

Page 19: ...en connect the other end of the cable from the back two towers into the other expansion board 15 Take the USB Power Cable and thread the connector side through one of windows on the back side near the steps Pull the cable through from the inside and then connect it to the closest 6 port expansion board ...

Page 20: ...Connect the USB Power Cable into your USB power Bank or wall connector Verify the lights for the four towers are working OK ...

Page 21: ...revent them from being too visible First disconnect the cable from each tower from the expansion board and then disconnect the 6x10 plate closest to each tower Thread the cable down through the space and pull the cable out from the inside to then reconnect it to the expansion board ...

Page 22: ...Place your nger down on the cable close to the tower to ensure there is enough excess cable then carefully reconnect the 6x10 plate over the top Repeat this step for all four corner cables ...

Page 23: ...17 We will now install strip lights to light up the ground oor of theTaj Mahal Take 8x White Strip Lights and 7x 15cm Connecting Cables ...

Page 24: ...Connect them all together using the connecting cables Take a 30cm Connecting Cable and connect it to one of the end strip lights ...

Page 25: ...18 Stick each strip light to provided LEGO 1x6 Plates using the adhesive backing ...

Page 26: ...t right corner remove the following twowhite plates and then turn them over to mount the rst strip light with the 30cm connecting cable in the following position Ensure the end with the 30cm connecting cable is facing the right ...

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Page 28: ... of the 30cm connecting cable down the space and then pull it out from the inside Thread all the strip lights through the space and pull them all out from the inside toward the left before reconnecting the two white plates ...

Page 29: ...20 Pull the other end of the 30cm connecting cable from the rst striplight out and then connect it to the spare port on the 6 port expansion board closest to it ...

Page 30: ...front left corner disconnect the following two white plates Pull the strip lights all the way out from underneath and then stick the second strip light to the base of the two white plates we removed in the following position ...

Page 31: ...Thread the remaining strip lights back down the space toward the left to allow us to easily pull them out later ...

Page 32: ...Reconnect the two plates 22 Disconnect the two plates on the left side of the base above thetower and then pull the strip lights out from underneath ...

Page 33: ...Mount the third strip light to the bottom of the two plates we disconnected in the following position ...

Page 34: ...23 Disconnect the following plate to allow us to thread the rest of thestrip lights under and then out the space which has been created ...

Page 35: ...Reconnect the two plates we disconnected earlier ...

Page 36: ...24 Mount the fourth strip light underneath the plate we removed instep 23 then thread the remaining strip lights down the space below before reconnecting the plate ...

Page 37: ...sconnect the following two plates from the top left of the base asper below Pull the strip lights out from the left side and then mount the fth strip light underneath the two plates in the following position ...

Page 38: ...rip lights down through the space toward the right before reconnecting the two plates 26 Disconnect the next two plates toward the top right corner of thebase Pull the strip lights out towards the right from underneath before mounting the sixth strip light to the following position underneath the two plates ...

Page 39: ...hread the remaining strip lights down through the space toward the right before reconnecting the two plates 27 Disconnect the following two plates underneath the top rightcorner of the base as per below ...

Page 40: ... the seventh strip light underneath the two plates in the following position Thread the remaining strip light down through the space before reconnecting the two plates 28 Disconnect the following two plates toward the bottom rightcorner of the base as per below ...

Page 41: ...Pull the remaining strip light out and then mount it underneath the two plates in the following position Reconnect the two plates ...

Page 42: ...the entire base Check that all the strip lights and tower lights are working ok by turning on your USB power bank 29 We will now light the middle section of the Taj Mahal starting withthe four towers on the top Disconnect the roof o the rst tower from the below position ...

Page 43: ...rectly in the centre Take a provided LEGO 1x2 Plate and connect it underneath the roof to secure the Bit Light in place as per below 30 Reconnect this section back to the tower ensuring the cable isfacing toward the back Run the cable down one corner of the tower and ...

Page 44: ...along the base Secure the cable in between studs under the following LEGO tile 31 Install another White 30cm Bit Light to the other front tower using the same method as we used to light the other tower ...

Page 45: ...32 Take the cables from both front towers and then thread themdown the middle space ...

Page 46: ...33 Install another 2x White 30cm Bit Lights to the remaining two towers in the back and then secure cables down by laying them in between studs under tiles ...

Page 47: ...34 Thread both cables from the back two towers down the middlespace ...

Page 48: ...35 Turn the entire middle section of the Taj Mahal onto it s back Pull the four cables down from above and then connect them into a 8 port Expansion Board ...

Page 49: ...36 Take 2x Multi Colour Strip Lights and connect a 15cm Connecting Cable to each strip light total 2x 15cm connecting cables ...

Page 50: ...Connect the other end of each connecting cable to the 8 port expansion board ...

Page 51: ...37 Take a 30cm Connecting Cable and connect it to a spare port on the expansion board ...

Page 52: ...38 Mount the expansion board to the following position inside thetower using 2x Adhesive Squares 39 Mount the 2x Multi Colour Strip Lights to the back wall using eachstrip light s adhesive backing ...

Page 53: ...iddle section of the Taj Mahal over the groundoor and then locate the other end of the 30cm connecting cable from the 8 port expansion board and then connect it to one of the 6 port expansion boards on the ground oor below ...

Page 54: ...Secure the middle section of the Taj Mahal in place and then test all the lights installed so far are working OK by turning on your USB power bank ...

Page 55: ...41 We will now light up the top tower of the Taj Mahal Take thistower and then disconnect the following section from the base ...

Page 56: ...te Strip Light and then stick it to the remaining provided LEGO 1x6 Plate 42 Connect the remaining 30cm Connecting Cable to the strip light and then mount the strip light to the inside of the tower in the following position ...

Page 57: ...ection we removed to the base of the towerensuring the cable is threaded through Take the entire section over the Taj Mahal and then connect the other side of the 30cm connecting cable to the 8 port expansion board below ...

Page 58: ...Securely reconnect the main tower This nally completes installation of the Light My Bricks Taj Mahal Light Kit Now turn on your light kit and ENJOY ...

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