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<blockquote data-quote="44newman" data-source="post: 1173370" data-attributes="member: 17510"><p>Been working on some lighting.</p><p>Found these 2" LED running lights for $6 ea with about $5 shipping.</p><p></p><p>So With a little research I found voltage or amps, not sure which, are </p><p>controlled by resistors to keep LED from being over powered and burning out.</p><p>I calculated LED resistors for 24 volts, so at 12 volts they only get 1/2 the juice, which makes them opperate at 1/2 brightness for tail lights and normal full brightness for brakes.</p><p></p><p>Next prob is hooking 2 wires(brake, tail) to one lead of a normal running light. When the brakes are on it back feeds and lights the dash lights. So using a diode on the brake wire fixs this.</p><p>Because diodes opperate like a one way valve, Only allows current one way.</p><p></p><p>One apparent prob with leds is lack of amp draw to opperate the turn signal flasher correctly,with a larger resistor wired across the +/- leads of the running lights, this is fixed.</p><p></p><p>Heres my home made Brake, Tail, and Turns. </p><p>Wires were soldered to the wires comming from the circut board. </p><p>The 330 Ohm for tails</p><p>The 1 Amp 600V diode for brakes</p><p>The 10 Ohm 10 Watt res for turns. </p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00033.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00040.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00052.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00043.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00045.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00053.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00057.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00062.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00063.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00064.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00138.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00132.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00135.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00136.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="44newman, post: 1173370, member: 17510"] Been working on some lighting. Found these 2" LED running lights for $6 ea with about $5 shipping. So With a little research I found voltage or amps, not sure which, are controlled by resistors to keep LED from being over powered and burning out. I calculated LED resistors for 24 volts, so at 12 volts they only get 1/2 the juice, which makes them opperate at 1/2 brightness for tail lights and normal full brightness for brakes. Next prob is hooking 2 wires(brake, tail) to one lead of a normal running light. When the brakes are on it back feeds and lights the dash lights. So using a diode on the brake wire fixs this. Because diodes opperate like a one way valve, Only allows current one way. One apparent prob with leds is lack of amp draw to opperate the turn signal flasher correctly,with a larger resistor wired across the +/- leads of the running lights, this is fixed. Heres my home made Brake, Tail, and Turns. Wires were soldered to the wires comming from the circut board. The 330 Ohm for tails The 1 Amp 600V diode for brakes The 10 Ohm 10 Watt res for turns. [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00033.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00040.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00052.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00043.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00045.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00053.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00057.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00062.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00063.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00064.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00138.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00132.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00135.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e48/44newman/DSC00136.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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