Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Anna's Dollhouse
Nora and Anna found a little table lamp at a hobby store that Anna just had to have. It has a small electrical plug and the packaging claims it is compatible with all 9-volt systems. Having built Anna's house's electrical system, I have no idea how many volts it is (its 4 D batteries).
We've kept the lamp in its package in case I wasn't able to figure out a way to incorporate it into her house (in case it needed to be returned). But after a week, Anna started to get pretty desperate). Sunday night she and I decided to tackle the project together. Anna determined which room needed to have a "live" outlet and helped me measure and drill holes holes for the plug. We snipped a Pepsi can into two strips and created contact points that were glued to the back of the new outlet, then ran wires from them to the houses electrical junction.
Anna held the plug in place while we glued all the "outlet" connections in place. She did well, but was a little upset that we had to move the room's bookshelf while we got everything in place (it was in front of the outlet). She put up with it for a little while, but was really irritated when the glue wouldn't dry within a minute or two. She doesn't like her house messed up.
Unlike many of my projects, this one actually worked the first time. The lamp has a nice warm glow and turns on and off when the house's light switch is flicked. I think this concludes all work on the dollhouse. Its ready for permanent occupancy.
-Eric (Dad)
We've kept the lamp in its package in case I wasn't able to figure out a way to incorporate it into her house (in case it needed to be returned). But after a week, Anna started to get pretty desperate). Sunday night she and I decided to tackle the project together. Anna determined which room needed to have a "live" outlet and helped me measure and drill holes holes for the plug. We snipped a Pepsi can into two strips and created contact points that were glued to the back of the new outlet, then ran wires from them to the houses electrical junction.
Anna held the plug in place while we glued all the "outlet" connections in place. She did well, but was a little upset that we had to move the room's bookshelf while we got everything in place (it was in front of the outlet). She put up with it for a little while, but was really irritated when the glue wouldn't dry within a minute or two. She doesn't like her house messed up.
Unlike many of my projects, this one actually worked the first time. The lamp has a nice warm glow and turns on and off when the house's light switch is flicked. I think this concludes all work on the dollhouse. Its ready for permanent occupancy.
-Eric (Dad)
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