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10-09-2011, 12:44 PM
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LED help
I am going to be installing leds into my headlights and i was wondering what type of resistor i should use. I bought these 2X LED STRIP 48CM WHITE MOTORCYCLE DASHBOARD UNDERBODY | eBay
10-09-2011, 01:35 PM
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I bought them because i didnt know how much i was really going to need.
10-09-2011, 01:39 PM
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I am only asking because the guy i was talking with (supernovanator) just installed some and they just went out. so we figured that it was because of the voltage.
10-09-2011, 01:42 PM
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well i am sure there is a way to just use the leds seperatly and use the wire to string them together so that there is no waste. it was 11 bucks and i didnt care how much i was really going to use.
10-09-2011, 06:35 PM
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Yeah a few of my lights have gone out. I'm going to redo a set of headlights then take these apart and dissect the LEDs. It could also be a bad strip of LEDs, or that my little brother played with them hardcore when I wasn't around. If I find out he touched them he's dead though. 
10-09-2011, 11:46 PM
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Yeah a few of my lights have gone out. I'm going to redo a set of headlights then take these apart and dissect the LEDs. It could also be a bad strip of LEDs, or that my little brother played with them hardcore when I wasn't around. If I find out he touched them he's dead though.
10-10-2011, 01:52 PM
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Funny thing is, it is on both strips. It started with 1 bulb burning out, then a few more. BUT, the amber turn signal ones, which are quite a bit less bright, have nothing wrong whatsoever. The white ones have a massive power/ground wire, but the amber ones have a very small wire, maybe half the diameter of the white ones. I think they used too big a capacity wire honestly.
10-10-2011, 02:25 PM
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Do you think a resistor would help?
Funny thing is, it is on both strips. It started with 1 bulb burning out, then a few more. BUT, the amber turn signal ones, which are quite a bit less bright, have nothing wrong whatsoever. The white ones have a massive power/ground wire, but the amber ones have a very small wire, maybe half the diameter of the white ones. I think they used too big a capacity wire honestly.
10-11-2011, 01:23 AM
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