Hi All
I am new CPF and have used the posts before to build a night mountain bike riding light, you guys are so helpful and seam to know the answer to everything, So hopefully you can answer this question.
I want to drive an LED strip light from Deal Extreme SKU 81028 with a 12V Source for camping.
This strip is not like the LED strings that seam quite common, but mounted on a metal strip.
Rated Voltage of the LED is 12V-14V, 3W, 150-200LM, working current 240mA.
Now from the reading i have done i could either run it from 1 12V battery with a resistor (but this will waste energy) so i want to use a driver to drive this from 12V.
There are not many 12V drivers out there, the closest one i could find Deal Extreme SKU 13557 is rated at 3W but has a current of 650 - 700mA.
So my first Question what will happen if i use this driver?
Is there another good website were i can get the correct driver (if this one wont work).
Also some of the drivers state 3 * 1W instead of 1 * 3W what does this mean?
Or have i missed something critical meaning that my setup is flawed in some other way?
Thank you in advance
Sam
Sales Links replaced with SKU's - Norm
I am new CPF and have used the posts before to build a night mountain bike riding light, you guys are so helpful and seam to know the answer to everything, So hopefully you can answer this question.
I want to drive an LED strip light from Deal Extreme SKU 81028 with a 12V Source for camping.
This strip is not like the LED strings that seam quite common, but mounted on a metal strip.
Rated Voltage of the LED is 12V-14V, 3W, 150-200LM, working current 240mA.
Now from the reading i have done i could either run it from 1 12V battery with a resistor (but this will waste energy) so i want to use a driver to drive this from 12V.
There are not many 12V drivers out there, the closest one i could find Deal Extreme SKU 13557 is rated at 3W but has a current of 650 - 700mA.
So my first Question what will happen if i use this driver?
Is there another good website were i can get the correct driver (if this one wont work).
Also some of the drivers state 3 * 1W instead of 1 * 3W what does this mean?
Or have i missed something critical meaning that my setup is flawed in some other way?
Thank you in advance
Sam
Sales Links replaced with SKU's - Norm
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