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I was wondering how to wire in a 2-block signal which I purchased on Amazon? It took me till snow melted to find them in my Neighbor's yard ( very light and  blew away) I've attached pictures I did not get any information on wiring. On one I have 2 red & 2 blue wires coming out of post. On the other 3 red & 3 blue wires coming out of post Received 5 -10meg resisters but not sure on input voltage. Was wondering if anyone has wired any of these up.

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Seems like the signal with 2 red and 2 blue wires may be missing a pair of wires for one of the LEDs, since the other signal has 3 of each color.

From the Product Description:

Amazon 3 light signal

You could also power them from AC, however I would use a rectifier diode in series with them.

For control, you may want to consider one of the options from Azatrax or Z-Stuff.

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The 6 wire unit seems to me like each LED has both wires out the bottom for each, but the 4 wire unit has a wire for each LED and a common for all.  10Meg is not the value of those resistors, unless you read them with an ohmmeter to confirm,  The blue body resistors and their color bands are very hard to read, the colors just don't look right.  They may be 1K.  You can use your ohm meter to check each pair of wires in the 6  wire unit and find which pair of wires is going to an LED, it will read like a diode, only one way.  The same for the 4 wire unit, but you will have to first find the common wire, by going from the common to the other wire looking for that one way conductivity.  That may take a bit of hit and miss to isolate the common.   Once you have that determined, you will have to power them up to see which pair of wires lights which LED in the 6 wire, and with the common hooked to the PS, which of the remaining 3 wires lights which lamp in the 4 wire unit.  Be sure to mark them for ID.

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