How To Light A Bulb With A Battery And Wire. Six inches should be a sufficient length. A typical car battery with an inverter can power a single incandescent light bulb for 15-3 hours 60-100 watts a CFL bulb for 9-17 hours 14-23 watts or a 9-watt LED bulb.
Bulbs Batteries and Wires. A typical car battery with an inverter can power a single incandescent light bulb for 15-3 hours 60-100 watts a CFL bulb for 9-17 hours 14-23 watts or a 9-watt LED bulb. The little wire on the side of the bulb up that wire through the filament down the other bulb wire to the bottom of the bulb base and to the other end of the battery.
Push or screw your light bulb into the holder.
Light the bulb using two wires. Students will be able to. Tape the other end of the wire to the bottom of the light bulb stem. Sketch each new way you connect the battery bulb and wire and note whether the bulb lights or does not light.
