How can I convert several small, battery operated lights to run from an ac outlet?

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Erica

My girlfriend and I recently moved to Texas. Our apartment has a fireplace but we have no plans to use it to actually light fires. Instead of having a dark, black pit in our living room, she wants to use flameless candles to illuminate the area. Instead of switching some 20 odd candles on one at a time and using battery power to run them, we would like to wire all of the flameless candles together, in parallel, to a wall outlet so that we only have to flick the switch and we will have an instant fire in our fireplace, without using batteries at all.

I can handle splicing wires, it's just the details that get the better of me, i.e. math.

I know that I need an adapter, but I don't know how to determine what size adapter I need.

Once I figure out what size adapter, what measures can I take to allow me to add or take away lights from the circuit as I see fit?

At the moment we have 3 types of candles: the large type requires 3 double A batteries. The medium type come wired together in twos, They use 3volt batteries. The small uses a 3 volt battery as well.

I have access to a multimeter but I can't figure out how many amps something like this uses. Also, I am under the impression that while adapters have to be specific to the voltage, it's usually better to overestimate on current. Working under this presumption, would my circuit work if I were to find an adapter rated for my circuit's voltage but rated for the highest number of amps?

If someone could give me some instruction so that I know how to adjust my system in the future if I need to change anything, that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Answer
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