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Stealth bling bling
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From: SoCal by mid July
LEDs run anywhere from $1 to $5 each from radio shack. Zidek here, got his the easy way....managed to get ahold of one of those contruction blinking lights that used LEDs and he's taken them all out of there.
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Originally posted by Accordlxcpe97
do you need to use resistors with the LED's? If they are 5 volt LED's I am figuring about a 450-470 ohm resistor right?
do you need to use resistors with the LED's? If they are 5 volt LED's I am figuring about a 450-470 ohm resistor right?
The Krazy One
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From: Texas
Originally posted by zidek_accord
my LEDs are 12V and i used to use 150 Ohm for the signals not now i switched to 47 Ohm and they are a hell of alot brighter.
my LEDs are 12V and i used to use 150 Ohm for the signals not now i switched to 47 Ohm and they are a hell of alot brighter.
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From: Texas
Originally posted by zidek_accord
i don't know why it's like that either but when i had it wihout the resistor, not all of them would show up and some would disappear, lol.
i don't know why it's like that either but when i had it wihout the resistor, not all of them would show up and some would disappear, lol.
Did they burn out or just would not light?
Did you use one resistor for all the LED's and coneect them in series or did you use one resistor for each LED or did you use a resistor bridge?
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Originally posted by Accordlxcpe97
(Sorry for all the questions)
Did they burn out or just would not light?
Did you use one resistor for all the LED's and coneect them in series or did you use one resistor for each LED or did you use a resistor bridge?
(Sorry for all the questions)
Did they burn out or just would not light?
Did you use one resistor for all the LED's and coneect them in series or did you use one resistor for each LED or did you use a resistor bridge?
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