Lights on 1994 Polly Pocket Mansion not working. I have replaced battery, there's no corrosion in battery compartment and switch is stable, with solid click to it. (Switch is actually a yellow "table" located in the pool area).
PHOTOS:

• Dollhouse Mansion
• Dollhouse Opened Up
• Wiring for Stage Area (located in center of house)

I have not taken dollhouse apart yet. Pics posted for reference only. The lights are located in several places in the dollhouse. The pic posted, showing wiring, is of the stage area located in the center area of the house.
​​​​​​​Any troubleshooting ideas?

 

It does look like the light bulbs should burn if one is burnt out. If none work then it has to be wiring or bad switch. As mentioned in the only polly pocket site the bulbs are not replaceable unless you find an appropriate bulb and solder it in place of the burnt out one. They seem to think the problem may be where the wires go thru the hinge. Test the switch before you take the hinge apart. Not sure how to take the house apart.

 

I start at the beginning with the source of power. With a multi meter I check to see if power is getting out of the battery holder. Then check to see if the switch is actually working. A "clicky" sound doesn't mean much. Then see if power is making it to the light bulbs. If the power stops somewhere that is the source of the problem; broken wire, bad switch...

If you want to keep it original and need to replace bulbs I get odd/unusual bulbs from Marco Specialties, a supplier of pinball parts. Make sure you pick a bulb of the correct voltage or you can use one of a slightly higher voltage.

If you don't have a multi meter & soldering iron you can chunk everything but the switch and put LED lights inside. It will run MUCH longer on a set of batteries and the LED emitters should last much longer than lightbulbs.

 

Thanks! So if I replaced the lights, with say LED battery fairy lights (see pic) then I would run the lights just like the current wires and not worry about the bulbs because the lights will be hidden inside the set but the "glow" of the lights will shine through the plastic fixtures on the playset? Would I just attached the wires of the fairy lights to the existing battery compartment or disconnect fairy lights from its battery compartment and attach those components to the old battery compartment area? I think there are multiple switches for each area that lights up, but I would not worry about that and just connect to one main switch?

 

Thanks! That's great to know about one bulb not affecting the others. I may look at the hinge issue before dismantling this. Not confident enough to go that route anyway.

 

That will depend upon the number and type of batteries. If the fairy lights use a different battery setup the original setup in the toy may not work. I.e. two D or C cells (=3 volts) vs. three AA cells (=4.5 volts).

Also fairy lights need to have the correct polarity (+ and -) connected. If they do not light up reverse the connections to + and - .