LED help

[Hallhair]

hey if this posted twice sorry had a problem but i build modle cars
for a hobby and was wondering what i would need and how to put LEDs in
my cars forsorta headlight and tail light effect. i have three models
that i would like to put all on a normal plug in. i wanna have one car
that has 2 red and 2 white and another car that has 2 red and 2 white
and my last car which would have 2 red and 2 white and 2 green. is
there a was i could have them all connected and then put them all to
the same plug which would plug in to a normal house hold plug??

 

[Hindian]

On 10 Jan 2005 12:14:49 -0800, hall_hair@hotmail.com (Hallhair) wrote:

hey if this posted twice sorry had a problem but i build modle cars
for a hobby and was wondering what i would need and how to put LEDs in
my cars forsorta headlight and tail light effect. i have three models
that i would like to put all on a normal plug in. i wanna have one car
that has 2 red and 2 white and another car that has 2 red and 2 white
and my last car which would have 2 red and 2 white and 2 green. is
there a was i could have them all connected and then put them all to
the same plug which would plug in to a normal house hold plug??

Yes. All you need is a DC wall wart, a 5V power supply and some wire.

A 5V power supply like this would do nicely.

http://www.voti.nl/shop/p/K-WWPSU.html


Basically the wall wart draws DC current and the power supply clamps
it to 5V and about 500 mA. From there, you just connect the wires to
the leds in a parallel fashion (you can use a resistor to limit the
current if your leds are small) and you can light it up anytime or all
of the time if you want.


So to summarize : Wall wart -> 5V power supply -> Leds

As I am an amature myself, I hope my advice is correct. If I'm wrong
feel free to correct me anyone.

 

[Steve Kite]

Take a look at this web page on information how to wire up the led's:
http://www.iguanalabs.com/1stled.htm The resistors
are required for current limiting.


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hey if this posted twice sorry had a problem but i build modle cars
for a hobby and was wondering what i would need and how to put LEDs in
my cars forsorta headlight and tail light effect. i have three models
that i would like to put all on a normal plug in. i wanna have one car
that has 2 red and 2 white and another car that has 2 red and 2 white
and my last car which would have 2 red and 2 white and 2 green. is
there a was i could have them all connected and then put them all to
the same plug which would plug in to a normal house hold plug??