Hi again folks,
following on from my last post, im experimenting with 3 watt LED's and have been running them in parallel with a 3 watt driver for each led.. A friend mentioned that it is better to run them in series with a higher powered driver.. At the moment im running these in lots of 6 and 4.. its all automotive emergency flash stuff, and steve here was very helpful with the mosfets i am using to switch these..
Your thoughts on the series / parallel thing and the importance of the correct current limiting circuits.... Seeing these are just flashing and not "on" for any more than 1 second max, is it necessary?
Its a big learning curve for me, and im enjoying the learning curve a lot! both the successes & letting the smoke out of the box!
Cheers'
Rusty
following on from my last post, im experimenting with 3 watt LED's and have been running them in parallel with a 3 watt driver for each led.. A friend mentioned that it is better to run them in series with a higher powered driver.. At the moment im running these in lots of 6 and 4.. its all automotive emergency flash stuff, and steve here was very helpful with the mosfets i am using to switch these..
Your thoughts on the series / parallel thing and the importance of the correct current limiting circuits.... Seeing these are just flashing and not "on" for any more than 1 second max, is it necessary?
Its a big learning curve for me, and im enjoying the learning curve a lot! both the successes & letting the smoke out of the box!
Cheers'
Rusty