Re: OT: 12v to 6v

From: Hop (hopsdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 16 2012 - 06:42:28 EST


Why not buy some 12v leds? I stuck a string around the underside of my bed rails in the ram. They are cheap too.

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From: SilverEightynine@aol.com
Sent: 16 Feb 2012 03:25:59 GMT
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: OT: 12v to 6v

In article <17F5238E-999E-4D85-B939-8B77F55CECE7@tepidcola.com>,
dml@tepidcola.com (Michael Maskalans) writes:
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> On 10-Feb, 2012, at 19:35 , SilverEightynine@aol.com wrote:
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> > Yeah Im thinking I might have to hit radio shack... But then again, another
> > thought just occured to me. I could just simply wire two 6v LEDs in series
to
> > equalize the voltage right?
> >
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> This might be able to help you out.
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> http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
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> Michael Maskalans
> Rochester NY
>

Hmmm, thanks Mike - that works pretty slick. But I have a question... the
"forward voltage" the calculator uses... I read the little aside-note it has on
using "best guess" voltage if you don't know the specs... my question is just
what do they mean by forward voltage? I'm not sure just what that value should
be in this situation.

Basically Im taking a bunch of camping LED lights, that use 4 AA batteries...
and wire them up to some deep cycle optimas. I really need to get my hands on
one of the lights. I had half a dozen of them and all are missing at the
moment *grumble* I think before I do anything else I need to get hold of one
of these things and get the specs on them. I'm looking at using something on
the order of 20 or more of these things, and have been looking at mid range
solar panels and controllers to maintain charge on the blue tops, vs running a
gas generator every day.

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