Will this work??????
#1
Hello all I was looking to put headlights in drift car. Since I don't want to spend $$$$ on buying a pre-made kit, i'm going to make my own. So my question is, will this set up work???
#2
Good day!
No, that will not work. LED's need a current limmiting resitor or they will fail as soon as you put power to them. It has been a while but I will try to draw up a schematic for you and post it a little later.
No, that will not work. LED's need a current limmiting resitor or they will fail as soon as you put power to them. It has been a while but I will try to draw up a schematic for you and post it a little later.
#4
That is all I can really tell you. I hope that is okay. Also, are those LED's good enough for what im going to use them for??
Thanks again chap!
#6
Lol, no problem. No only in the front. Im just going to run 2 head lights because I dont have light buckets for the rear. So just 2 LED head lights.
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Why use a separate 9V battery when you already have 5-6V available at the RX? The schematic will still work, just need to adjust the resistor value and plug into an open RX channel. The amount of current is quite small, and would be negligible as far as affecting your runtime.
Last edited by simplechamp; 01-24-2011 at 07:51 PM.
#12
#15
Looks to me like your running 9V through each LED only rated for 3.6V. They don't share voltage in a parallel circuit. Also your Ohm's law formula is the calculation for total resistance in a series circuit when you have clearly made a parallel circuit. Try again.



