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ok here is what i want to do i want to use blue LEDs so that when i flip my toggle switch they turn on showing that ihave power going to the diff points of my system(neon,bass amps,high amp,)could you tell me all i need and what i have to do to do this thanks
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Ok ... well all you have to do is tap off the voltage source, put a resistor in series with your diode and that's it.
Lets say you wanted to have a little LED display the status of a fuse. The LED is ON when the fuse is good, and the LED is OFF when the fuse has blown.
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i did somthing similar to this on my dash or my truck, but i splet out the word bass with led's. evrey time the bass hit, depending on how hard it would hit, the light lit up starting from the b and so on, it looked amazing, it was basicle a wattage metter with a few lil personal tweaks. as for your question, u need to get a resistor to put infron of the led so that it dont blow. just get a 6v resistor, u might need to test a few diffrent resistors till u find the right ohm to protect ur led. hope this helps.
Chris
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if you can find 12v led, yeah, go ahead and use them. and if u can fuse them with line a .5amp fuse, do that aswell just to be on the safe side
Chris
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ok here is what i got will this work and how? 5mm blue LED,5volt,30mA,300mcd..... 560-OHM Resistors,½ watt,5% tolerance will it work and how do i hook it up to go on when i turn on my toggle switchs??
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ok, lets start from the led's. take a resistor and hook it up in series to the +wire on the led. now, run a wire from the acc wire on the toggle switch to the +wire on your led. and just hook up a ground wire to any ground wire u can find. ill try to make a diagram to help you.
led + ===(resistor)======(acc wire from togle) - ====(ground wire to any good ground)==
hope this helps, and if not, ask your questions away, iam here to help
Chris
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i got it on right now in front of me to test to make sure it wont blow now if i put it in the acc of the toggle can i still hook up another wire on the acc to run my amp remote off of it or my neon 2?
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yes, you can do that, the led dosent pull much amprage, so it should be fine. ive done this many times, and have never hade a problem.
Chris
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