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01.12.2011, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianG View Post
Those look like high output white LEDs which I assume is for "headlights", so they need to have ~20mA or more for that use. IIRC, typical white high brightness LEDs have a Vf of a little higher than 3v. So, on 6v, they shouldn't be driven enough to technically need a resistor, but obviously something is wrong.

If anything, I'd re-wire them up so instead of 2s2p, they are 1s4p. And then use the 100-150 ohm resistor for each LED. You could use a single common resistor for all LEDs in parallel, but that's not advised.
You know -- the LEDs that are on-board the MMP are driven by the BEC ... and they are 3P with 470 ohms on each.

So sounds to me like Brian's idea would be best.


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