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Quick Question
« on: June 23, 2008, 04:13:18 AM »
Hey people! i've just made my first led trigger mod and will be posting a vid soon, but just want to know something. i made a direct sound led by hooking up the led to the speaker, pos to pos speaker and nev to nev speaker. i used blue 0603 blue leds. i'm going to use red for a mates, will i need a resistor?

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Re: Quick Question
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008, 04:23:09 AM »
yes.

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Re: Quick Question
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 04:27:25 AM »
yes.

Thanks luke! i take it i will have to use a 10ohm resistor?

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Re: Quick Question
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008, 04:42:36 PM »
No you will not need a resistor when doing the direct connection sound mod. There is not enough voltage from the speakers to burn out the LED. I have done the direct connection sound mod a few times with red LEDs and there are no problems.

 

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