First of all hello. I'm Dave and have been scouring the internet trying to figure out how to solve a little problem I have. Any help would be appreciated.
All I'm trying to do is hook up a $7 Dorcey LED lantern that runs off of 4 AA batteries to a 6 volt rechargeable battery. The 6 volt battery is the larger rectangular battery with the two spring looking contacts on top of it.
I want to just solder in a wire from my 6 volt to the battery compartment of the lantern, but not sure if I need a resistor or something else to knock down the power flow.
I'm not an electrician or an electronics savvy fella, just need help with one little project.
Just to let you know. I'm a hunter. I'm in the process of hunting pigs that come to my feeder right at dark and my goal is to mount this little lantern on the bottom of my feeder that is powered by a 6 volt battery and run a jumper off of the feeder battery to the LED lantern which I plan on mounting upside down to the bottom of the feeder. That way we can see the pigs when it's dark. Just figured I'd throw this information in so you know what I'm up to.
Any help would be appreciated.
All I'm trying to do is hook up a $7 Dorcey LED lantern that runs off of 4 AA batteries to a 6 volt rechargeable battery. The 6 volt battery is the larger rectangular battery with the two spring looking contacts on top of it.
I want to just solder in a wire from my 6 volt to the battery compartment of the lantern, but not sure if I need a resistor or something else to knock down the power flow.
I'm not an electrician or an electronics savvy fella, just need help with one little project.
Just to let you know. I'm a hunter. I'm in the process of hunting pigs that come to my feeder right at dark and my goal is to mount this little lantern on the bottom of my feeder that is powered by a 6 volt battery and run a jumper off of the feeder battery to the LED lantern which I plan on mounting upside down to the bottom of the feeder. That way we can see the pigs when it's dark. Just figured I'd throw this information in so you know what I'm up to.
Any help would be appreciated.