Manual
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Provided in your kit are spring terminals and pre-cut
wires, make the wires snap together for your use in
the numerous projects. To join a wire to a spring
t
erminal, just directly bend the spring over to one
side and then install the wire into the opening.
When you have to join to two or three wires into a
single spring terminal, be sure that the first wire does
not come loose when you attach the second and
third wires. The simplest way to do this is to place the
spring onto the opposing side where you have
connected the first wire.
Only insert the exposed or shiny part of the wire into
the spring terminal. The electrical connection will not
be made if the plastic part of the wire is inserted into
t
he terminal. Removing the wire from the spring
terminals is simply just bending each terminal and
then pulling the wires out of it.
If the exposed metal ends of some of the wires break
off due to great use, you should just simply remove
3/8” if the insulation from the wire of the broken end
and then simply twist the strands together. To
remove the installation you can use either a wire-
stripper tool or a simple penknife. Be extremely
careful when doing this because penknives are
remarkably sharp.
WIRING CONNECTIONS
This kit has more than 30 distinct components. If this
happens to be your first time with electronics don’t
fret over not knowing the difference between a
resistor or a transistor, because the general purpose
of each component will be described. The following
explanations will help you comprehend what each
component does and you will also gain more
knowledge of each component as you do each
experiment. There is also a parts list in the back of
this manual, that way you can compare the parts in
your kit with those recorded in the back.
Resistors: Why is the water pipe that goes to the
kitchen faucet in your house smaller than the one
from the water company? And why is the pipe
smaller than the main water line that disburses the
water to your entire town? Because you don’t need a
lot of water. The pipe size controls the water flow to
what you really need. Electricity works in the same
manner, except that the wires have a minimal
resistance that they would have to be particularly thin
to limit the electricity flow. They would be solid
enough to handle and break effortlessly. However,
the flow of water through a large pipe could be
restricted to by filling a part of the pipe with rocks (a
COMPONENTS
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