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light bulb to LED!?

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dug

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hi ..
i was js wondering how could i change my circuit that uses a 12V light bulb to a super bring LED?...

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dug
 
dug said:
hi ..
i was js wondering how could i change my circuit that uses a 12V light bulb to a super bring LED?...

You simply add a series resistor to the LED, based on the current you want it to take - but from 12V you will be wasting a lot more energy in the resistor than the LED will receive - you would normally put more than one LED in series and make the resistor smaller, in order to reduce the losses.

A lot really depends on what it's for, which you don't mention, but generally an LED is a lot less bright than a lamp. If this is just a small dial lamp, an LED 'may' be able to approach a similar brightness.
 
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