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Thread ID: 112355 2010-09-02 07:49:00 LED wiring qazwsxokmijn (102) Press F1
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1133886 2010-09-02 10:17:00 Buy an equalizer :p Speedy Gonzales (78)
1133887 2010-09-02 10:40:00 A what now?? qazwsxokmijn (102)
1133888 2010-09-02 11:06:00 A diode works in one direction, the other direction of electron flow has the potential to destroy the diode. KarameaDave (15222)
1133889 2010-09-02 20:00:00 In other words, you might have got the positive and negative terminals swapped... at a low voltage this simply results in no current flowing, and no lights. At a sufficiently high voltage things burn out instead.
If the LEDs are wired in parallel instead of in series, then this could easily by why they managed to collectively draw enough current to poke the resistors.
Paul.Cov (425)
1133890 2010-09-03 00:39:00 I'm gonna buy some LEDs and different resistors just to toy around....anybody know where to get these things in West Auckland? qazwsxokmijn (102)
1133891 2010-09-03 00:40:00 DSE if there's one there Speedy Gonzales (78)
1133892 2010-09-03 00:54:00 I thought DSE has stopped selling that kind of stuff? qazwsxokmijn (102)
1133893 2010-09-03 01:00:00 They're still showing on their site Speedy Gonzales (78)
1133894 2010-09-03 01:07:00 Sweet, will give DSE a visit soon. qazwsxokmijn (102)
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