hooking up an extra LED

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Sep 23, 2002 | 11:05 AM

steveng

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hooking up an extra LED

how can i do it? can i solder it to the wire of existing LED?

Sep 23, 2002 | 11:27 AM

b00gers

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if you are adding just one...go for it.

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Sep 23, 2002 | 12:52 PM

SumAccordGuy94

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just make sure if you connect before the resistor, to add a resistor of proper value for the new LED.

Sep 23, 2002 | 01:54 PM

08SnakeEyes08

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d/c ur battery incase........ i didn't and i had to buy a new relay for my car

Oct 2, 2002 | 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by 08SnakeEyes08
d/c ur battery incase........ i didn't and i had to buy a new relay for my car

why? you did something wrong then.

Oct 4, 2002 | 06:21 AM

INlude

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yeah, you shouldn't have to disconnect your battery just to wire in an LED.

Oct 4, 2002 | 07:02 AM

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Re: hooking up an extra LED

Quote:

Originally posted by steveng
how can i do it? can i solder it to the wire of existing LED?

if you do that 2 things will happen.
the original LED will not be as bright.
the load resistor for that led may become overloaded.
you really need to add a new load resistor for the LED your adding. also you need to make sure that the LED driver circut is capable of driving 2 LED's