Hardware Reference
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Try and identify how the wires are connected to form the circuit. Find the terminals on the
power switch. hese may be covered with glue, but this can be carefully peeled or scraped
away. In many cases, there will be only two wires going to the switch; if there are more, then
the wiring is more complex, and it may be better to hack a diferent model if you cannot eas-
ily identify how the circuit works.
Attach another wire to each of the wires already connected to the terminals as shown in Figure
10-3. A soldering iron is the most secure way to do this, but you could also twist the wire onto
the terminal and secure with tape. Briely, touch the free ends of the wires you just joined
together to check that your model moves. Find an appropriate hole to pass them through to the
outside of the model, taking care that they don't catch on any moving parts. Adding a blob of
glue or tying a loose knot on the inside will relieve some of the strain on the connections.
Figure 10-3:
Add wires
(shown as white
in the igure) in
parallel to the
switch and add a
knot to stop it
from pulling
through.
