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Wiring LEDS
Posted by alloboard on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:21 AM

 Does anyone know where I can get a good illustrated article on wiring LEDS with resistors added to them?

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:04 AM

http://www.theledlight.com/ledcircuits.html

If you go to Google and type "wiring LED resistor", you will be overwhelmed with good articles and illustrations.

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:36 AM

 Or search the forum, it's been posted hundreds of times, for various uses: with a DCC decoder, for coach lighting, for structure lighting, etc.

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Posted by richg1998 on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:24 PM

Using one LED and one resistor, measured with 12.2 VDC supply using 20 ma max current LED's. Values will vary some depending on actual DC supply value. Brightness will be a little different. Many use the 1000 ohm resistor.

Resistor      Current

1000 ohm    9.0ma

750 ohm     12.45ma

680 ohm     13.12ma

510 ohm     16.25ma

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Posted by richg1998 on Monday, July 26, 2010 3:58 PM

alloboard

 Does anyone know where I can get a good illustrated article on wiring LEDS with resistors added to them?

 

Look at the below site for Lighting in DCC. Lots of good info and links. Store the link in Favorites folder as there are many who have no idea on how to search the 'Net for info. You may be some help in the future.

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn/dcc_articles.htm

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, July 26, 2010 4:29 PM

rrinker
Or search the forum

 

Randy we don't have the POS anymore. Did not work worth a darn anyway. Type in Dirt Roads and ever thing with the word dirt or roads would come up.

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Posted by rrinker on Monday, July 26, 2010 5:04 PM

cudaken

rrinker
Or search the forum

 

Randy we don't have the POS anymore. Did not work worth a darn anyway. Type in Dirt Roads and ever thing with the word dirt or roads would come up.

             Ken

 It's still here, on the left side. What's gone is the magazine article index.

There are some tricks to reliable searching on any search engine. If you want the specific subject of dirt roads and not every post with dirt and roads in them, you need to search for "dirt roads" with the quotes.

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