Darkslide632
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I'm a total newbie when it comes to this stuff, but I'm working on my kiddo's Halloween costume and had some questions about wiring two different types of LEDs together to a single on/off switch.
As of right now I'm using 4 x 5mm Super Ultra-bright white LEDs:
and 6 x 5mm Ultra-bright blue:
I want them to turn on using a single switch, but I'm not sure how to calculate what I need. If I wire it in 5 arrays of 2 LEDs each, using a 9v to power it, would I simply wire the SUB Whites in pairs with the appropriate resistors, and then the blues in pairs with the appropriate resistors? Ideally, at least for ease of putting things together, I'd drop to eight LEDs and the white LEDs would be wired in pairs, and the blues in sets of 3... but I can't make the wizard do that, and obviously I'm clueless
Thanks for the help!
As of right now I'm using 4 x 5mm Super Ultra-bright white LEDs:
- Forward voltage: 3.4 VDC (typ), 4.0 V (max)
- Peak forward current: 70 mA
- Average forward current: 30 mA
and 6 x 5mm Ultra-bright blue:
- Forward voltage: 3.4 VDC (typ), 4.0 V (max)
- Peak forward current: 30 mA
- Average forward current: ?
I want them to turn on using a single switch, but I'm not sure how to calculate what I need. If I wire it in 5 arrays of 2 LEDs each, using a 9v to power it, would I simply wire the SUB Whites in pairs with the appropriate resistors, and then the blues in pairs with the appropriate resistors? Ideally, at least for ease of putting things together, I'd drop to eight LEDs and the white LEDs would be wired in pairs, and the blues in sets of 3... but I can't make the wizard do that, and obviously I'm clueless
Thanks for the help!