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should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« on: October 26, 2009, 03:10:28 PM »
it did but should it?
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 03:24:07 PM »
a led uses like 1.5 volts, so yes its normal that it burned out
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 07:29:18 PM »
Quote from: dedafmonteur on October 26, 2009, 03:24:07 PM
a led uses like 1.5 volts, so yes its normal that it burned out

ah right so im gonna need a few resistors :p
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2009, 01:14:38 AM »
I tried 9v through a LED when I first started modding and the LED started smoking.  :laughing:
I run 4v through my blue power LED and it works great.
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2009, 02:50:36 AM »
blue leds can take up to 5.6 volts.

other leds cant, its because of the colour
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 05:03:39 AM »
Quote from: slampen08 on October 26, 2009, 03:10:28 PM
it did but should it?

6.3 Volts would blast the LED into oblivion. You know, the cool thing about LED's is that the color is not because of the lens, but because of the substance in the LED. Blue LED's have either Zinc selenide,
Indium gallium nitride, or Silicon carbide inside them. You bought the 0805's, right?
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Re: should blue led burn out if tested by a 6.3v pandora battery?
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 05:55:36 AM »
i bought the 0805 but i managed to solder the 0603 :) also it was a 3.6v battery not 6.3v

thanks for your replies
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