Question about resistors?
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Question about resistors?
k im about to swap my bulbs in my HU for LED's next week...my question is, the resistors i bought(15 680ohm 1/4 watt) are about 2in from top to bottom(lookin at the silver peg)...just wanderin if u guys cut to the size u need?...or just bend the hell outta it to get it to fit? b/c i have the write up http://www.xse.com/leres/ss/leds.html but it doesnt specify....and i was wanderin about the LED ananode and diode as well...thier so long and i was just confused on how all that is gonna fit w/o cuttin the size?....
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...damnit i dont mean to be a pain in the ***...but i have been studyin that HU unit picture and it states that he put red wire over the anode side(+)...fine....but after reading i thought u had to put the resistor on the positive side ...according to those pictures, it looks like hes done the OPPOSITE!!!
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Doesn't matter which side the resistor goes on. Only thing that matters is that you do not get the LED backwards, otherwise it won't light (but it won't damage anything)