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Subject:Re: [vanagon] LEDs for idiot lghts and temp gauge
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:26:44 -0400
At 10:15 PM 10/4/2001, Joel Cort wrote:
>In the Bentley electrical schematic and instrument pages it shows
>that the LEDs require a resistor of 240 ohms.  The resistors are
>soldered onto the blue printed circuit.  I would play around with the
>resistors to see if none would get them brighter if that is what you
>are seeking.

Don't do it.  You won't get them much brighter and you will make them
smoke.  Modern high-brightness LEDs will give much more light for the same
working current.

If you want to know the necessary arithmetic to do this stuff properly let
me know -- but you should be ok just swapping in newer ones into the same
circuit.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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