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controller leds not workin
« on: May 01, 2011, 12:04:08 PM »
I ordered some pink leds last week and i couldnt get them to work. So then i bought some blue leds from the same seller and i couldnt get them to work. I tried them on a controller with rapidfire so i took off the power points and that didnt do anything. Ive tried 2 out of the 8 leds i have and they didnt work. anybody want to help me out?

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 12:06:46 PM »
i would try it on somthing else like a battery or somthin, if they still dont work i would ask for a refund


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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 12:45:21 PM »
I ordered some pink leds last week and i couldnt get them to work. So then i bought some blue leds from the same seller and i couldnt get them to work. I tried them on a controller with rapidfire so i took off the power points and that didnt do anything. Ive tried 2 out of the 8 leds i have and they didnt work. anybody want to help me out?
if you bought a different batch and they dont work, sounds like you're doing something wrong... you need to know the voltage that the leds require. grab a cell battery (3v) and test your led on it. if it doesn't light up, you probably aren't soldering to the leds correctly.

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2011, 01:23:01 PM »
It happened something similar to me. I bought some red leds to change them in my controller but when i did it didnt work. The problem was that + and - in the led were backwards. Try to do contact (without solder the leds) to check the polarity

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2011, 01:49:45 PM »
ive soldered them and ive also tried touching the contacts. im givin it another go later.

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2011, 01:58:37 PM »
im kinda pissed... i just gave it another go, but before i did, i changed the batteries and it worked. that means the pink leds were fine. so pretty much, i wasted the npink leds. atleast i still have plenty of blue left.

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2011, 04:56:57 PM »
im kinda pissed... i just gave it another go, but before i did, i changed the batteries and it worked. that means the pink leds were fine. so pretty much, i wasted the npink leds. atleast i still have plenty of blue left.

Damn dude that sucks! I occasionally get a dud LED but out of the 150 ive bought only 1 didn't work

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2011, 06:02:19 PM »
their foward voltage is around 3.1 volts i believe. They should light up a little when using normal double A batteries but if you use rechargable ones they wont light up at all

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2011, 06:04:15 PM »
their foward voltage is around 3.1 volts i believe. They should light up a little when using normal double A batteries but if you use rechargable ones they wont light up at all

Seriously? I wouldn't think it mattered if they were rechargeable or not... but that would explain why SOME of my rechargeable battery don't light up L.E.D.'s

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2011, 07:38:50 PM »
ummmm using a rechargeable battery or not is not gonna make a difference if they light up or not as long as its charged...If its at its max charge then its gonna put out about 1.5 volts per AA battery. I use rechargeable AA batteries in my controllers daily and never had a problem.
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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2011, 11:39:17 AM »
ummmm using a rechargeable battery or not is not gonna make a difference if they light up or not as long as its charged...If its at its max charge then its gonna put out about 1.5 volts per AA battery. I use rechargeable AA batteries in my controllers daily and never had a problem.

I always have a problem. Rechargable batteries are usually around 2.4~2.6 volts when combined. Your not getting the full 3 volts

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2011, 01:55:42 PM »
I always have a problem. Rechargable batteries are usually around 2.4~2.6 volts when combined. Your not getting the full 3 volts
i've never heard of this.

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Re: controller leds not workin
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2011, 04:17:28 PM »
It depends on the battery. I've seen high and low voltages on rechargeables. I have one set thats 1.6+ v each. but they dont last as long as some other ones I have.

 

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