Quick Help!!!
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From: Tomball/Nacogdoches TX
Quick Help!!! I am soldering a pair of resistors in series. For some reason I forgot to calculate the ohm for a pair of LEDs and I used for a SINGLE led. So basically I have a resistor that is only suppossed to be for a single LED not both. Is it possible to just solder 2 of these resistors if the LEDs are in a series?
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From: Georgetown, DE
LED's do not have a resistance per se. They typically drop 0.7V accross them regardless of current. 2 LED's in series would drop approx. 1.4V. Using the same resistor for 2 LED's in series is fine. You would not want to use 2 resistors in series for 2 LED's in series.
The resistor is there to limit current so you don't burm up the LED.
The resistor is there to limit current so you don't burm up the LED.
