Discuss. Going in a new staff that I'll be carrying to PlayOnCon.
What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
Discuss. Going in a new staff that I'll be carrying to PlayOnCon.
Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
They either do not light or are dimmer than normal.Originally Posted by Kayin
I'll procrastinate tomorrow.
Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
It's a 48 bulb LED turn signal light, and I need a really small battery setup (it's going in a walking staff) but I was hoping it wouldn't blind people looking at it.
Here's where a 9v/12v switch would be awesome to dazzle my enemies.
Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
LMAO
I'll procrastinate tomorrow.
Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
Can you use two 9V batteries in series (making 18V, I think), followed by a resistor to drop it to 12?
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Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
both mdust and blueonblack are correct.
since leds are so light on power, you could also stack a bunch of "watch" batteries in series to get your 12v. you would need 8 of them at 1.5v each. but it would still be smaller than a 9v battery.
Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
Yay!
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Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
you could to the two 9v idea, and just use a standard LM-style 12v regulator, easy as pie. Or just hook them up to a single 9v by themselves and see if they'll turn on. they should, albeit just dimmer
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Re: What happens if I wire a 12v LED cluster to a 9v battery?
Dimmer is just fine. This bulb has a retinal damage at sub 1 meter warning.
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