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Trimoor:
Use a battery for testing, power supplies might burn out if you connect something wrong.
Start with 6volts (four AA batteries), and tap the power leads on the light.

If nothing happens, reverse the polarity and try again.  If it lights dimly both ways, then it is a higher voltage incandescant.  If it lights only one way, it is an LED, and should only be connected in the polarity that it lights up.

If it's dim, carefully increase the voltage until it appears fully britght.

If you burn it out, the bulbs are fairly cheap at the hardware store.  Remember which voltage you get.
bsoder52:
OK, please bear with me, I'm not a complete newbie to this as I daisy chained all my controls, but I'm a little lost at this point.

1st -   How do you connect 4 AA batteries and how do I connect them to the light?  With just a normal black wire like i used to do my controls?  Do I not use any wire and just tap the leads directly to the battery?

2nd - What is polarity and how do I reverse it?

3rd - What's Dimly?

Man, majority lost here.

Thanks againg for the help.
bsoder52
Trimoor:
Connect the batteries in series--positive to negative, into a chain.  Use whatever wire you need (leads are pretty much the same thing as wire), or just touch the terminals together.  It helps if you have a battery holder.

I say to tap (quickly tough together) the connections, because if it's the wrong voltage or polarity, sustained power can damage the bulb.  As a general rule, having less voltage will not harm anything, but having too much can burn it out.

Polarity is the direction of the current.  If it doesn't light one direction, switch the red and green (plus and minus) leads going to the light.

Dimly is dim lighting; not having the bulb light up completely, but just a little bit.  This means it needs morre voltage.

When you're ready to connect it to the power supply, the red wires are +5volts, and the yellow are +12volts.  Black is the negative or ground.

Ask more questions if needed.
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