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Old 6th May 2008, 10:46
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Originally Posted by Haku View Post
Received the 33ohm resistors just before the weekend so I stuck 60 LEDs on a breadboard with 1 resistor per 3 in parallel and gave it 5v (all 60 LEDs with resistors took about 1.1A at 5v)
Isn't it better to put strings of LED's in series and use a resistor for each string rather that putting the LED's in parallel? That way you can ensure that each LED gets the same current.
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