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satfrk32

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Posted: March 01, 2006 at 6:00 PM / IP Logged

Quickkkkkk question.

I bought 6, small LED lights from PepBoys. They're small, and take a 12v current to them. I have them hooked up to a switch and such and will have 2 in my cup holders and 1 in each of my 4 air vents.

My problem is...I have no idea what resistor I need because the package & details only tells me they take a 12v current. They are roughly 1/2 cm wide, pretty small LED's. I can't use the calculators cause I have no other information on the LED's.

So what resistors should I buy?

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coppellstereo

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Posted: March 01, 2006 at 10:40 PM / IP Logged

can you get on pepboys' website and show us what you bought? are they JUST led's or is there something else attached to them, or are they prewired?

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satfrk32

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Posted: March 02, 2006 at 7:41 AM / IP Logged

They are pre-wired and each has black wrapping around where the wires meets up with the light itself. I checked and under the wrap are small resistors. Thanks for the help anyway coppell!

cheers!

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KarTuneMan

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Posted: March 02, 2006 at 12:03 PM / IP Logged

get some from vision....they are called rivets...

www.visioninet.com

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coppellstereo

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Posted: March 07, 2006 at 10:41 PM / IP Logged

www.oznium.com has the individual lights for $.99 or you could buy loose led's and resistors

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corey497

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Posted: March 08, 2006 at 3:09 PM / IP Logged

if you got them at pep boys, 99.9% chance they are for 12v...

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ian m

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Posted: March 08, 2006 at 5:31 PM / IP Logged

a 5mm led should need a 470 resistor

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