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  1. May 4, 2011 #1
    lfcreds91

    lfcreds91

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    i will be setting up my 1st LED base.....

    this is how it looks.

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    the LED will be a 5mm spectrum or rainbow LED.......those that changes color every 0.5 sec.

    battery will be 27 V, by joining 3 9V battery together.

    resistor will be a 1/4 470 resistor.

    the problem is i dont really know the LED forward voltage/current.

    judging by the above setup, do you guys think its good to go?

    or is it gonna BLOW!!!!!!!!!
     
  2. May 8, 2011 #2
    Mitale

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    If you're worried then start with just 1 9V, then move to 2 9V, then 3. It may or may not even start with just 1 9V though.
     
  3. May 8, 2011 #3
    serious coinage

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    Look at the information on driving LEDs in series here.

    edit: after some quick calculations, assuming these LEDs are standard red ones with a voltage drop of ~2V and a current draw of 20mA, those resistors should be about 1K. You could run 2 470R resistors in series to get the right resistance if you don't want to buy more, but a 0.25W resistor is too small, you'll need 0.5W ones.
     
    Last edited: May 8, 2011
  4. May 10, 2011 #4
    nbw

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    Do you really need the 27V? If you have 4 of those at 2V forward drop, that leaves 19V to get dropped across the resistors. You could probably get away with 2, maybe 1 if you're lucky. The resistors will need to change.

    If you're using blue LEDs that run 2.9 - 3.5V, that's different of course - but 2 batteries should still be ok.
     
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