impact IR bulb issue

[Dragon245]

Bought an impact apple for my tam Pershing, the ir bulb seems U/S it connects via a red and white wire can anyone tell me which ia + and which is -

[teddyt]

the longer arm on the bulb is always positive
mate

[971wright]

Hi If you bought it from impact it will be correctly wired ,you just have to plug it in to the MF unit, to check if its working use a digital camera look at the emitter when you fire it through the camera screen it will show as a blue light,I havnt had any problems with my impact stuff.

regards pete

[lister fiend]

i have an impact i.r bulb & lead if you want it.
the plug is miles too big for my clark board

[Dragon245]

thanks lister how much do I owe you

[lister fiend]

errr,
bring a working tank with you when you pick it up, so i can make sure i've got mine fixed properly & we'll call it quits

[Swamprat33]

I was told that the Impact IR bulbs dont last very long and should be treated as a replacable item once or twice per year.
I have had some very mixed results with them which i found odd. I was seeing 100% hit success at 2 feet indoors during testing at home, but in 'battle' a couple of days later, almost 100% failure.
I was given a new maplins IR, which i fitted and hey presto, i was hitting tanks again.

Still a bit confused by that one tbh.

Tim

[Dragon245]

changing the bulb started this issue tried to change it and then blew the bulb before could work out the wire connections

[TKcommander]

Bought an impact apple for my tam Pershing, the ir bulb seems U/S it connects via a red and white wire can anyone tell me which ia + and which is -

No one answered the original post!

I'm now changing the IR on an Impact lead, can anyone confirm the white wire is actually the positive?

Thanks.