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kirin 
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Posted: April 23, 2008 at 5:58 PM / IP Logged  

Hello, I am fairly new and trying to make use of LEDs, resistors in my old tool box.

Can anybody help me how to calculate the wattage of  two resistors connected like

Series ? and Parallel ? for example, if two 1ohm resistors(1/4 wattage carbon type)

in both cases, the wattage will be /14+1/4 = 1/2 wattage?

Thank you for your assistance in advance

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Posted: April 23, 2008 at 6:27 PM / IP Logged  

Unless you are connecting a boat load of LEDs to a single resistor, you should not have to worry about the wattage of the resistor.

Yes you are correct in assuming that the 2    1/4 watt resistors will yield   1/2 watt of capacity.

kirin 
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Posted: April 23, 2008 at 6:47 PM / IP Logged  

Thank you i am an idiot for your reply and advise, very much appreciated.

Since I have so many resistors, thinking of modifying turn signals to LEDs I have to also put some resistor in the flasher relay box to avoid high flasher(blinks very fast).

I have replaced the original thin metal with 1/4 carbon resistors(1ohm resistor x 4 parallel) in the replay box and fixed the high flasher problem but I am concerned that each 1/4 watt one ohm resistor may not

holding the current flow in the relay box ? so parallel of 1/4 carbon one ohm yied ONE watt ? would this be enough?

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Posted: April 23, 2008 at 7:42 PM / IP Logged  

I think that a standard 1156 bulb is a 12 watt device.  I would think that you would need something closer to that handling capacity.  If the 4   1/4 watt resistors  are giving you the correct flash rate, just leave the blinkers on for a minute or so and check the resistors for heat, if they are not getting too hot then you will be OK.


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