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and now i have a question for those in the group that are smarter than me when it comes to lighting, and that's pretty much all of you:
as you can see in this picture if you look close, i had twisted the four lead wires from the two leds together in order to be able feed them through the straw. in the picture they've been separated and unwound.
my question is this: can i twist the two red wires together and the two green wires together, and then attach them to the 3v powser source without causing a short of any kind?
thanks in advance.
I'm not an electrical guy, but I think that in the configuration of wiring that you're describing, the LED's are wired in parallel. Both LED's will get the same voltage and should work fine as long as the forward voltage (voltage needed to convert electrical energy to light) is achieved. I'd just do a simple bench test before mounting them permanently because forward voltage of an LED is dependent on the color of the LED (some need more than 3 volts to achieve that forward voltage). Also, most LED's that are sold prewired have a resistor to reduce voltage to the appropriate operating voltage but they might be for a 4.5 or even 9 volt power supply. If yours are meant to operate with 3 volts, wiring as you suggest won't hurt them. The worst that could happen is you wouldn't have enough voltage to light them both at the same time. I can't wait to see it all lit up.
I hide wire going up into a building, if it may be seen, inside of a blackened brass tube which I disguise as a drain tube from the roof or someplace as that and it emptys into a barrel or tub. Almost all LEDs for our use operate wiih 3vlts. I use limiting resistors for reducing down any higher voltage.
Wayne
i'm calling it done for now. i gotta get started on a dollhouse.
Scrape it off with a blade or even sandpaper. If you don't get down to the copper, it won't ever work.
we all look forward to you getting back to this build.
and as far as the bears; ......go cubs!
Just started Blue Sky yesterday. It's a great kit but 30" wide - that's big. Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do. I also have the sawmill but haven't started it yet and I'll probably wait as it is huge. And yes, wasted my time this afternoon watching da Bears get their asses kicked for the 9th time in a row. What a mess! who wants to coach them with so much needing to get "fixed". Time for the McCskeys to sell the Bears to someone who knows what they are doing.
terry
Im looking forward to seeing the lights on.
so i went to the post office to see what it would cost parcel post. $220. that's doable, but i would have to pack it. building a crate would add alot of weight/cost, so i'm not sure what's gonna happen. this all started because my son indicated that if they closed on the house in september (they did) that he'd give me the go ahead to start on the dollhouse, cuz they were gonna come up to visit and take it home with them, so i did. and now he says its not likely to happen anytime soon. shit. so i have to store this stupid thing, as if i have the room. (i don't)
i also cleared my work bench (note i didn't say cleaned.....) and started on blue sky. all that really means is that i glued the laser cut wall frames together as in step one of the manual.
terry