Installing LED lights

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Topic: Installing LED lights

Posted By: AJRXtreme
Subject: Installing LED lights
Date Posted: April 15, 2005 at 11:17 PM

I just bought 30 red led lights for the inside of my car. Each led needs 1.8-2.4 volts of power to be lit. I have no idea how to hook these up or where i would get my power from. The power from the back of my head unit is 12v but would fry these led's. I need to know how to get around 2 volts to these things and how i would wire them. Pictures or websites would help. Thankyou

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03 F150 on 24's
HU:Pioneer DVD5700
Frt:MC57
Subs:(12)S12L7
Amps:(3)KX2500.1's, MC-2004

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Posted By: popeye004
Date Posted: April 16, 2005 at 12:21 AM

Hey man you need to install a resistor in line with your LED probably a 500 ohm to make it work at 12 volts. check out this site might be helpful https://www.ledlites.com/technical.html

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