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guthix12

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Post Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:27 pm

Hey guys, not that good with the whole resistor things but I know you can piggy back them to lower/higher the ohm's and what not...

Basically my question is:
I have 4 sets of different resistors- 470 ohm 1/4 watt, 220 ohm 1/8 watt, 100 ohm 1/4 watt, and 1000 ohm 1/2 watt. All I'm trying to do is wire up 2 white leds to a 12v. The resistor calculator calls for a 180 ohm 1/8 watt for this to work properly. Is there anything I can do with my resistors to make this work instead of driving 15 mins to the nearest electronic store for a $1 purchase?

Also- if the leds use 4.5 watts each and would run off a 9v battery, do they need any resistors if I wire 2 up to the 9v battery?

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PwrRngr

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Post Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:50 pm

First I'm going to assume you mean the LEDs use 4.5 VOLTS (not Watts). All you need to do is wire both LEDs in series to a 9V battery.

Put the 220 ohm and 1k ohm resistor in parallel for 180 ohms.
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Post Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:50 pm

Hook up a single 470 1/4 to each LED, then attach power and ground to each in parallel.
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Post Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:21 pm

Yep meant volts my bad.

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