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Voltage Village – Glowing House SetStep-by-Step instructions to assemble your very own Voltage Village!

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In this tutorial we will show you how to assemble your Voltage Village – Glowing House Set. With thiskit, you’ll be able to make 2 paper houses that light up as it gets dark. To do this we will usesome Electric Paint, pre-cut paper house templates, some standard LEDs, a 100K resistor, an LDR(light dependent resistor), a transistor, a battery clip and a 9V Baterry , all found in the set, along withsome sticker and sticky glue dots as well. If you would like to find out more about this Kit, the checkout the Shop.

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MaterialsMaterials

Your kit should have all the materials to make 2 houses:

1 x Electric Paint 10ml-2 x pre-cut paper house templates, (4 pieces of paper)

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2 x Blue LEDs2 x Yellow LEDs2 x 100K Resistors2 x LDRs (202403)2 x Transistors (BC548)2 x 9V Battery Clips2 x 9V BatteriesSticky DotsStickers

Step 1Step 1Open the BoxOpen the Box

You will need a Voltage Village – Glowing House Set, available form our online store. If you already have this– lucky you (!) We can get started, so open it up!

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Step 2Step 2Remove BlisterRemove Blister

Separate the cardboard from the top left corner.



Step 3Step 3Open BlisterOpen Blister

Remove the backing sheet to remove components.

Make sure to remember which LEDs are blue and which ones are yellow!



Step 4Step 4InstructionsInstructions

Picture instructions are printed on the packaging, so if anything is unclear you can check there for reference.

Step 5Step 5Pop out the templatesPop out the templates

Carefully pop out a chimney, roof and house template from the sheet of card. They should come away easily.



Get creative! Decorate and colour in your templates on the blank side, why not draw on window boxes orroof shingles?

Don’t forget to pop out the windows, and remember not to throw away the backing sheet yet, you can cutout the trees and clouds to decorate your village scene later!



Step 6Step 6Fold up your templatesFold up your templates

Sharply fold along the dashed and dotted lines on all the templates. The dashed lines are valley folds andthe dotted lines are mountain folds, for more information about this see the instructions on the packaging.Make sure to fold all the pieces, including the roof and chimney.

If it didn’t fall our already, there may be a small square section with the LDR printed on it in the roof. Makesure to pop this piece out and discard it as you fold up the pieces.



Step 7Step 7Stick battery clip to roofStick battery clip to roof

Take your roof, a battery clip and the stickers. Lay out the battery clip following the printed graphic on theinside of the roof.

Hold down the red lead of the battery clip and stick it down to the template using one of the white stickers.

Do the same thing with the black lead of the battery clip.

This is to strain relieve the leads and to make sure they don’t get pulled off.

To finish up, stick one final sticker over both leads at the top.



Step 8Step 8Assembling the ChimneyAssembling the Chimney

Take your chimney and some sticky dots. On the right hand side you will find a dot with a number ‘1’

Take a sticky dot, remove the backing sheet and place the dot on the number ‘1’. Gently peel off the clearsheet. You should be left with a sticky dot on the paper.

Fold the chimney and stick the tab onto the sticky dot.



Step 9Step 9Stick the Chimney into the RoofStick the Chimney into the Roof

Place two sticky dots onto the numbers ‘2’.

Make sure the black legs of the LDR symbol line up, then stick the chimney piece through the roof, makingsure the black legs of the LDR symbol line up.

If you flip the roof over your chimney should be aligned with the angle of the roof.



Step 10Step 10Attach the LDRAttach the LDR

Take your LDR (Light Dependant Resistor). It does not matter which way round this component goes as it isnot polarised.

Using your instructions from the packaging, place your LDR on the image key, and fold the legs as they are inthe picture.

Place your folded LDR on the roof by the chimney, and push into the chimney. The LDR needs to stick up thechimney so it can detect the light levels.

Take your Electric Paint Pen and blob some paint onto the legs of the LDR. We call this cold soldering.

Put the wet roof aside to dry.



Step 11Step 11Attach the ComponentsAttach the Components

Take the remaining components:1 Transistor1 Resistor2 LEDs (blue OR yellow)

** if you mix the colours your house will not be as bright as you may like.

Take your instruction key from the packaging and place the components on the key. Make sure to bend thecomponents as instructed in the key.

The LEDs and the Transistor are polarised so they need to be in the correct orientation (+) and (-)

Once folded, place all the components in the roof circuit.



Step 12Step 12Cold Solding your componentsCold Solding your components

Take your Electric Paint Pen and blob a droplet of paint on each of the component legs, and the wires of thebattery clip leads. Make sure the blob covers the legs, as this is what is sticking the component to the paper.

Do not fill in the circuit yet. Put aside to dry.



Step 13Step 13Fold up the House baseFold up the House base

Put sticky dots, on all the number ‘3’s. Then fold up the base and stick the tabs to the dots.



Step 14Step 14Fold up the Roof cornersFold up the Roof corners

Once the blobs on the components are dry, it’s time to fold up the roof.

Put sticky dots on all the number ‘4’s. Stick the corner tab onto the sticky dot and repeat on all four corners.



Step 15Step 15Stick down the battery holderStick down the battery holder

Put some sticky dots on number ‘5’s. Stick the flap onto the inside of the roof to create the battery holder.



Step 16Step 16Fold the roof to the corect angleFold the roof to the corect angle

Put sticky dots on number ‘6’s. Align the triangular tab with the angle of the roof fold.



Step 17Step 17Fill in the circuitFill in the circuit

Once your roof is folded, fill in the rest of the circuit with the Electric Paint Pen. You can tuck the battery clipinto the battery holder to get it out of the way, while you are drawing.

Make sure to draw an even consistent line covering the grey printed line. Now wait for it to dry completely.



Step 18Step 18Plug in the batteryPlug in the battery

Once your circuit is totally dry you are ready to power your circuit!

Take one of the 9V batteries and attach it to the battery clip.

Insert the battery into the paper holder and slide the roof section into the base.



Step 19Step 19Test your HouseTest your House

Congratulations! Your house should now be complete.

You can test your circuit by holding your finger over the chimney and covering the LDR to simulate nighttime.

You don’t need to touch the LDR, it’s a light sensor so you just need to block out the light. The LED shouldcome on when the LDR is covered.



Step 20Step 20Decorate your village sceneDecorate your village scene

We have added some optional extras to our packaging for you to cut out and use in making a village scene.But feel free to customise and make your own town or city scene!

Send us some photos of your finished houses to [email protected]. We’d love to add them to ourgallery!



Step 21Step 21TroubleshootingTroubleshooting

If your LEDs don’t turn on or off at this stage don’t fret, there’s a few things you can check:

1. Is your paint dry? If not leave it overnight or put it in a warm place until it’s completely dry.

2. Are any of your components short circuiting – is the paint joined up underneath them? If so take out thiscomponent and remove the paint with a knife. Make sure the paint isn’t connecting between the legs, thenplace back in the circuit.

3. Are your components in the right way round? Check your component key to make sure the polarity (+) and



(-) is correct for all of them.

4. Are your lines too thin or broken? Your lines may be too resistant to pass sufficient current – try makingthem wider or thicker. Check the corners of the circuit where the paint may have bent and cracked.

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