You really need a simple voltmeter for this.
But.... if you are careful, look up an LED pinout for the positive and negative pins (usually determined by lead length) and the choose a series resistor to limit the LED current (typ 20mA and Vled at 1.5V so R approx 3.5/20 (kohms) = 180ohms, I would use around 270 to 330R). You then have an LED polarity tester....
One tip is cut your wires at different lengths, so they have less chance of shorting to each other and then tape up.
Be very careful with anything exposed that could be at the supply potential lethal as well as fire risk!