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Subject:Re: 6 volts
From:Tim Demarest
Date:Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:00:07 -0400

Series will do it (use a monospaced font like Courier for the hi-tech
artwork below :-).

              O      O
(+12VDC)____/ \____/ \____(GROUND)

Since the two LEDs have the same resistance, each will see half of the
12VDC supply voltage.

Tim

At 11:05 AM 7/26/2006 -0700, Mike Miller wrote:
>Volts, I mean, Volks,
>
>I bought some LED lanterns but made a mistake. They are meant to run on 6
>volts. Any way I can hook them up to run from my Aux battery [I mean
>parallel or series or whatever lets them see 6 volts]?
>
>Mike