D Duke_76 New Member Jan 30, 2004 #1 I am wanting to change the LED's in some alarms I have. I have ordered some blue leds with a cathode and anode connections. The board that they need to be connected to has two wire sone red and one black. I am persuming that the black wire is negative and the red wire is postive. The question I have is to what does the cathode connection on the led get connected to and vice versa. many thanks
I am wanting to change the LED's in some alarms I have. I have ordered some blue leds with a cathode and anode connections. The board that they need to be connected to has two wire sone red and one black. I am persuming that the black wire is negative and the red wire is postive. The question I have is to what does the cathode connection on the led get connected to and vice versa. many thanks
M McGuinn New Member Jan 30, 2004 #2 Cathode - Neagtive (Short lead on LED) (black). Anode - Postive (Long lead on LED) (red). Are you sure that the blue LED will work in place of the LED? They have a voltage drop of about 2.5v over Red's voltage drop of ~1.6v.
Cathode - Neagtive (Short lead on LED) (black). Anode - Postive (Long lead on LED) (red). Are you sure that the blue LED will work in place of the LED? They have a voltage drop of about 2.5v over Red's voltage drop of ~1.6v.