Question Re: Hooking up Car Taillights as Wall Art in Garage

Hi. I've got some old 1960's Jaguar taillights and am making a piece of Wall art for my mancave. I want to hook them up to electricity and plug them in. Can I use the power chord plug and wires from some old computer speakers? Does it have to be 12 watts? I don't want to burn the house down.

by demichae
April 22, 2021

Your Jaguar tail lights are rated (I expect) 12 volts and and your home electric service is rated 120 or 240 volts, depending on where in the world you live. With any luck that will burn out the tail light bulbs before the house catches fire.

by Foxx
May 02, 2021

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