Posted this over on DIYC and wanted to post here as well...
Need advice. I purchased a few of these LED spots from, I believe, Lowe's 2, maybe 3 years ago. Don't know the brand. Don't have the box anymore. I usually try to keep at least 1 box and I didn't this time... not sure why. They are a simple plug into an outlet and they turn on. Each spot was a single color... red, green or blue. Tried to use them in shows using an SSR4 to control them. But the circuitry would delay the activation of the LEDs by about 70 ms. So it made it difficult to time in a sequence.
I took a multimeter and read 9 volts going from the circuitry to the LEDs. This was measured at the solder point of the wire going into the disc that holds the LEDS. I measured 3+ volts across one of the LEDs (there are 3 / spot).
So my question is... is there something that I can do to cut out/bypass the current circuitry, add in my own components to have this thing powered from a Rainbow Brain or some other 5v/12v dmx controller? As a test, could I just apply 9v from a bench PS to the wiring running into the LED disc without blowing the LEDs?
Here are some pics
Thanks