- A different kind of electronics kit
- Use the magnetised 'Power Stix' and steel balls to create easily altered circuits
- Build over 40 exciting experiments
- Make trip wire alarms, a lie detector and the amazing LED light chasers
- Follow the clearly illustrated instructions
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Technical Details
Product Specifications
Model Number3435
Assembly RequiredNo
Batteries Required?Yes
Batteries Included?No
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Product Safety
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Product Description
Box Contains
- 1 x Battery pack
- Wire connectors
- 1 x Buzzer
- Resistors
- Transistors
- 1 x Integrated circuit
- 1 x Electrolytic capacitor
- LEDs
- Lamps
- Trip wire connectors
- Steel balls
- Enamel wire
- 1 x Photo resistor
- 1 x Motor
- 1 x Touch switch
- 1 x Variable resistor
- 50 page colour instruction booklet
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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This is a good educational toy with easy to follow instructions for setting up circuits. The connections are robust as they are based on magnets - easy for a child to construct and pull apart. My only quibble is the scientific explanations which are too difficult for a 7-8 year old. It needs a simple description/glossary for each component with uses within a circuit followed by the more complicated description. Relies therefore on parental help - pretty non-existent in my household!
One engineer's symbol (light) is inconsistent.
One engineer's symbol (light) is inconsistent.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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A good idea, but poorly executed. The variable potentiometer is of the wrong value; it simply doesn't work correctly in the circuits suggested in the manual. The electric motor stalls and won't restart in some circuits. Someone should have proofread the manual: words are missing from some of the page titles. As for the circuits that supposedly produce "music", this is nothing more than a feeble monotonal beep. I won't be buying another John Adams product.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I originally bought this item from Tesco Direct. On Boxing Day we tried it and the main battery pack didn't work - so the whole thing was useless. Our local tesco store couldn't replace it so I got a refund. I then found that it was £12 cheaper on Amazon so I bought the replacement here.
Son (9) played with it and enjoyed testing out his theories. It has limited play value though as he soon got bored. He might be a bit young yet to understand the components, so it might be one of these things that he plays with in a year or two when the subjects are covered in school (live in hope!)
Son (9) played with it and enjoyed testing out his theories. It has limited play value though as he soon got bored. He might be a bit young yet to understand the components, so it might be one of these things that he plays with in a year or two when the subjects are covered in school (live in hope!)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good Electronic set, fantastic company.
A very good electronics set. Easy to use and my 8 yr old son was enthralled. Sadly, he did the boy thing of NOT reading the instructions first and blew two of the red LEDs. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Phil
John adams
My grandson already had the HOT Wires toy and I thought that the Electro Mag would be based on magnetism and completely different. Read more
Published 17 months ago by MAEN
Electro mag
This is a great product! Great for investigative minds and with many different combinations there is plenty to challenge and explore.
Published on 10 April 2010 by Mrs. Danielle Seatter
Electronic education!
This product is well put together and has a series of simple experiments to keep them amused for a while. Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Fossilteeth
Great for teaching kids about electrical circuits in a fun way
I bought this as a Christmas present for my 9 year old nephew and he loves it! For any technically minded child (my nephew's obsessed with electricity and how things work), it's a... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2009 by Kerry
7 year old
My 7 year old son added this to his christmas list. He loves it. He keeps changing the items to get different connections with different lights and sound. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2009 by fuchsia
great funj for kids
very good for kids, and very quick delivery, in fact it came quicker than agreed
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Mr. P. Brewer
very enjoyable
This has been a very educational toy for my son. He is 9 years old and has really learned alot.
Very robust and once you insert a set of batteries they last quite long.
Very robust and once you insert a set of batteries they last quite long.
Published on 18 Dec 2008 by Mr. M. A. Ramzan
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