INSTRUCTIONS ™ ELECTRIC CURRENT LOGIC GAME 8 to adult single player
WARNING ™ Avoid creating “short circuits” when building circuits in Circuit Maze™. Doing so can cause the batteries to overheat and damage the game’s components. A “short circuit” occurs when there is no resistance, or very little resistance, between the two ends of the Power Supply. In Circuit Maze, this occurs any time there is a direct path of metal strips from the Start (+) end of the Power Supply token to the Finish (–) end with no LED Beacons in between.
90° Left 90° Right Straight 3 Beacon Tokens (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green) – Each Beacon contains a resistor to limit the current flow and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) that lights up when current flows through it in the proper direction. 1 Switch Token – This token causes the metal strip pathway to turn 90 degrees to the right, to go straight, or to turn 90 degrees to the left, depending on how you set the switch.
STEPS TO PLAY: 1. Place the designated tokens onto the game grid. a. Place and position tokens as specified on Challenge Card. b. You must use all the designated tokens, all must be part of the circuit. 2. When the designated Beacons light up, YOU WIN! Challenge 104. #1008 . CH01.
CURRENT FLOW: As you play, imagine that there is a current that will flow along your circuit, from the Start Token (+) to the Finish Token (–). Your challenge is to channel this current so that it lights up the designated Beacons. As shown in the following diagram: If the LED Beacon is reversed so that the (–) side faces the Start Token (+), the LED valve closes and current does not flow through the LED. The Beacon stays dark.
SHORT CIRCUIT (AVOID THIS!): A short circuit is a pathway of metal strips with an unrestricted connection from the (+) end of the Power Supply directly to the (–) end of the Power Supply, without passing through an LED/resistor. In this situation, too much current will flow and the batteries will get hot. This is bad. Immediately remove one of the tokens to break the circuit. See examples 1 & 2 on page 2.
SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUIT: Some challenges include a Beacon on the main pathway, then the pathway splits into two branches each of which also includes a Beacon. In the illustration below, all three Beacons will light. Beacon in series with 2 paralleled Beacons – All 3 will light Some challenges include a parallel circuit with one Beacon on one branch and two Beacons in series on the other branch. In the illustration below, all three Beacons will light.
METAL STRIP LOOSE ENDS: The Circuit Maze challenges are designed to have unique solutions and to contain no loose ends… every token will contribute to making the complete circuit. Two of the tokens deserve special comment. Finish Token: We have designed Metal strips on this token to have metal strip 3 sides connectors on three sides. Some of the challenges will connect to all 3 sides, some challenges will Finish Token – Not all sides must connect to 2 or 1 side only.
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