Led Installation For Interior

Originally posted by glowbot@Sep 16 2004, 06:11 PM
Tested this 6 months ago. 5 LEDs in a row no resistor. Center LED blew 2 weeks after normal use the rest followed after. When I took it out 2 months ago only one was working. The LED lights I have are a higher quality then that found on that site you guys are getting them from. Really use a resistor spend the cent and they well outlast the car by 10 years or more. Your wiring well go bad before the LED light goes bad.

5 leds in series should not have blown.........i gurantee you are not going to blow them with that set up.....the reason you need the resistors is for the voltage drop across it.......with 4 or even 5 leds you definately dont need the voltage drop......you must have had them go bad for some reason, but i gurantee you it wasnt because of overpowering.......

and another thing, if you had the leds in series i believe if one led were to blow then none would work because you dont have a complete circuit.......now i am not sure about that, i cant remember if when it blows it just acts like a wire and connects the 2 before and after.........

if you blew 1 and the others stayed on, that puts me to think you had it in parallel and would explain why they went out.....not 100% sure though so dont hold me 2 it......