Fixture leads

[JoeNorm]

I bought a cheap fixture from china and I lost the instructions. It consists of multiple LED's(I think AC, don't see a transformer) that join together in a central box. The wire lead colors are blue and brown. Is there a way to know for sure which is hot vs neutral? And does it matter? Will the LED burn out if it gets reversed?

thanks

 

[roger]

Blue would be neutral.

 

[Little Bill]

I bought a cheap fixture from china and I lost the instructions. It consists of multiple LED's(I think AC, don't see a transformer) that join together in a central box. The wire lead colors are blue and brown. Is there a way to know for sure which is hot vs neutral? And does it matter? Will the LED burn out if it gets reversed?

thanks

There's a driver/transformer somewhere, LED runs on DC. As Roger mentioned, blue is neutral. I used to work on tons of European machines and know brown is hot and blue is neutral.

 

[JoeNorm]

I have purchased AC LED strip

 

[AC\DC]

I have purchased AC LED strip

You sure they did not have an internal driver. My understanding is dioids work of dc

 

[retirede]

I have purchased AC LED strip

It must have the driver circuit self-contained. Have a link?

Something like this?

 

[JoeNorm]

I could be wrong, I am no expert. But here is what I was talking about

120 Volt LED Strip Lights | Super Bright LEDs

Our indoor and outdoor 120V LED strip lights plug directly into standard outlets. These easy-to-install lights are perfect for a wide range of applications!

www.superbrightleds.com

 

[LarryFine]

I could be wrong, I am no expert. But here is what I was talking about

They have 120v wires along the edges, and driver components in each cuttable section.