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Subject:Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
From:Austin
Date:Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:54:20 -0700

At 09:37 AM 4/18/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Wiring your own is fairly easy.  Each LED should get around 1.5 to 2.2v
>(check on package)  if you wire them in series (positive to negative) in a
>daisy chain, all you need to do is to divide the voltage available by the
>voltage of each LED to get the number of LEDs in each string.  For most
>LEDs, 7 would be the correct number (2v times 7= 14v)
>
>Chris Smith

BUT, if one blows the whole chain goes!  (BTDT)

Austin