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i really want to get some of these has any ever bought these? also for the power does it come wired with the plug? help would be great.
link Mini Barrel Spotlights - LED spotlights
Thanks!

I have never used them but it says it comes with 5' of wire for your connections. They require 12V so you would have to get a 12V power supply to use these.

yeah i really dont know how to do it lol. might leave this project for next year

Batteries or a 12 V wallwart should work.

like a 9v battery?

A 9V battery might work and is cheap to try. If that fails, one of these 8 “AA” Battery Holder - RadioShack.com would do the trick.

yeah my radio shack has them. i can handle those lol

Could probably also use a landscape type low-voltage lighting power supply. (Like for Malibu landscaping lights.)
I know Lowe's carries them.

Watch it....many of those put out AC not DC and wont work

Originally Posted by DaveintheGrave

Could probably also use a landscape type low-voltage lighting power supply. (Like for Malibu landscaping lights.)
I know Lowe's carries them.

I have used these, and they work great. You need to know that they put out a very narrow beam of light, which is very effective for lighting individual props. Sometimes you need to use more than one on a prop. You can create some really neat lighting effects by lighting 1 side of a prop with 1 color and the other side with another color. 1 power supply can usually power a whole bunch of these at the same time. You can easily buy wire to extend the cords as needed. You just have to make sure you attach the positive to positive and the negative to negative, otherwise it won't light. It won't hurt it, it just won't light. As you probably know, LED stands for light-emitting diode. A diode is an electronic component that only allows electricity to flow in 1 direction. So if you reverse the polarity, it won't light because it is doing what it is designed to do... prevent electricity from flowng in the opposite direction.

Anyway, give them a shot, I think you'll like them. Just remember that they won't put out a lot of light. They are perfect for focused light on a single prop where you don't want light to bleed onto the ground or other props like a flood light will.