LED Specifications?

Do you guys think this information is accurate. I'm planning on adding a few to my car. How should I go about connecting them so i can control them with a switch??

Hope you guys can help.

Thanks in advance.

GENERAL LED HANDLING PRECAUTIONS

CAUTION: The light output from Super Bright Leds is intense enough to injure human eyes at close range. You should never look directly at the LED source for more than a few seconds.

CAUTION: LEDS are static sensitive devices. Observe static sensitivity handling precautions, such as wearing a grounded wrist strap when handling.

When forming leads, the leads should be bent at a point at least 3 mm from the base of the led.

Avoid damage to LEDS by soldering for no longer than 3 seconds with 700° iron.

LED life expectancy is based on current and temperature. You can expect our LEDS to last approximately 100,000 hours at 20 ma with ambient temperature of 20° C.

LED BRIGHTNESS versus VIEWING ANGLE

LEDS in CARS and BOATS

hope this makes sense.

my question is about the lower part of the post.

is this information correct and if not is there a better way of connecting them??

i'm planning on adding a few to the car and want to be able to control them with a switch. the total mount would be 5 to 10 of them.  any input would be greatly appreciated. also can you recomment a site that sells l.e.d.s

sorry for the bad post.

thanks.

Ok, sorry 3/4 of this post is muddled because a large picture is taking over the page.  But other than that....umm most of the time with LED's a simple 470ohm to ground in series with the LED, and then just parallel them across.  The voltage across each node will be the same, the current will not be the same, but it should not be a problem.  Since LED's are really low power devices, you can easily put 12-20 of them in a "parallel" without any problems.  Now, I don't follow exactly what you want to achieve by hooking them up.   Are you looking to have them turn on and off in some pattern??  what does your control do?  If you are using a switch to control it, then you have to have some sort of logic circuit to turn on and off the correct LEDs that you desire to see. 

let me know

Craig

I want to be able to control the leds with a switch of some sort.

Maybe 4 or 5 per switch.

Thanks for replying by the way.

Then what is the question????  From everything you posted you have your answer on how to hook it up.  And the information is correct, well I disagree with their wording, but it is correct non the less.

Craig