Question:
LED help. need calulations or advice etc?
Chance
2009-04-09 17:12:07 UTC
Ok so I'm doing an interior LED project on my car. I need to know what type of inline fuse I need and what size so I don't burn out my leds.

Setup is this:
12v car battery->ilf->rocker switch->plate terminal->4 separate led series (in series). Each series has a 1ohm resistor. Each led is using 3volts and is outputting 20milliamps. Any help on calculating this would be appreciated.

Thanks
One answer:
Darkside
2009-04-09 20:17:33 UTC
I'll stick with a 5-7.5 amp fuse. Since LED only use 3 volts of power and 20mA of currents. Its kinda hard to example but yea. 5-7.5 amps is enough. It shouldn't take more power than a radio and a radio use a 10 amp fuse.


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