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Offline Caplin  
#1 Posted : 23 April 2007 21:25:13(UTC)
Caplin


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Hi,

I bought a Viesmann #3556 Leds kit (three leds for 14-16 volts + three resistors each 1.8 kOhm).
If I am to connect the three leds in series, what is the formular for calculating the single resistor to be used in the cathode end for the same amount of lux per led confused
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Benny - Outsider and MFDWPL

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Offline pa-pauls  
#2 Posted : 23 April 2007 22:24:30(UTC)
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Hi Benny

U (Volt) = I (amp) * R (resistor)

So in your case R (resistor) = U (Volt) / I (amp)

Pål Paulsen
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Offline alonso231gery  
#3 Posted : 23 April 2007 22:34:56(UTC)
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Ohm's law.
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Offline Mikael  
#4 Posted : 23 April 2007 22:44:09(UTC)
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It depends on the leds. It is white leds, which actually are blue ones. There is some variation among white and blue leds, but I will assume they are 3.5V each. So one led with 1.8kOhm and 16V supply will give (16V - 3.5V) / 1800 Ohm = 6.94 mA.
So the resistor for three leds in series is: (16V - (3 * 3.5V)) / 6.94mA = 792 Ohm. The nearest standard resistor value is 820 Ohm.
Offline Caplin  
#5 Posted : 23 April 2007 22:51:31(UTC)
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Hi again,

Thank you for your promp replies. Smile
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Offline pa-pauls  
#6 Posted : 23 April 2007 22:58:49(UTC)
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Yes Nikos !
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Offline TTRExpress  
#7 Posted : 24 April 2007 04:28:23(UTC)
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Hi Benny,

Since you will have all 3 LEDs in series the light intensity (lx, lux, or illuminance) will <u>not</u> be the same for each LED. If you want the intensity of the LEDs to be the same you will want them to be connected in parallel. That way you will not need to worry about a single resistor to reduce the power to the LEDs to give the same intensity.

The voltage and current will be the same for each LED (resistor). The equivalent resistance will be 1/R(eq) = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + 1/R3 = 1/1800 + 1/1800 +1/1800 = 1.66 mOhm

You may want to refer to the following:
http://www.physics.uogue....ohm.intro.parallel.html

Series circuits are also described.

Hope this helps.

Regards (a Scot in Wisconsin)
Regards (a Scot in Wisconsin),

Maurice [ETE, TTRCA, IG-TRIX Express, Maerklin-Insider & TRIX Profi-Club]
Offline Lars Westerlind  
#8 Posted : 24 April 2007 09:25:08(UTC)
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What do you mean Maurice? Those three diodes are equal, meaning that the same current through them will give the same light intensity, if connected in series. If you connect them in parallell it would work, but you would have a higher risk of variations, and the way you suggest very large ones. I guess it's because of contact resistances, but nevertheless, the way you point out you'll probably have almost all current through one or two of the LEDs, and nothing to the third. From experience, trying to be smart :-(

You could connect them in parallell, if each diode also keeps it's orignal resistor in series with it's diode. In this case variations in resistance will also influence the brightness, but far less. The pure series schema Benny suggested seems by far the best to me.

/Lars

PS. Your calculations seems rather strange to me too. 1/R measured in mOhm? of course it should be 1/kOhm. And R is easily calculated to 1/3 of 1k8 =&gt; 600 ohm without any formula.
/Lars
Offline DaleSchultz  
#9 Posted : 24 April 2007 17:05:24(UTC)
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Rules of thumb.
Never connect more than one LED in parallel without each one having its own resistor. (slight variations will cause the neighbour to fail)
Connecting them in series is doable only if the supply voltage is sufficient to drive them all.
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Offline Caplin  
#10 Posted : 24 April 2007 18:24:02(UTC)
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Thank you all for replies.

Actually I copied Sveins (intruder's reply 2007/04/10) circuit board for the triangel setup of three leds except my leds are in series and 2 x 1k8ohm in parallel (only R's on hand) and it works with a mains plug-in power pack with 16 vac 2 amps out. Some flickering occurs as expected.

Unfortunately, when I connected it to the yellow and orange wires of the decoder (rear lights) it did not illuminate! I had tried before with just one led and resistor connected to the decoder and it was ok then.

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Back on the mains plug-in power pack it still worked. It appears that I have blown the decoder rear light circiut! [xx(] The directions and sound circuits are still working ok.

Please note that the cold white glow is dampened by the use of two layers cut from an ordinary plastic chateque for paper.

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I still have AUX2 circiut from the decoder unused (AUX1 is reserved for the smoke gen.).
I wonder if it can be programmed to handle the rear lights!



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Benny - Outsider and MFDWPL

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Offline Lars Westerlind  
#11 Posted : 24 April 2007 21:30:54(UTC)
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have to ask,
did you try the LEDs in correct direction? The function output of the decoder is always of LOWEST potential; Common return wire is positive!
As it works in analog, you seem not to have turned any of the LEDs at least.

/Lars
Offline Caplin  
#12 Posted : 25 April 2007 00:16:34(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Lars Westerlind
<br />have to ask,
did you try the LEDs in correct direction? The function output of the decoder is always of LOWEST potential; Common return wire is positive!
As it works in analog, you seem not to have turned any of the LEDs at least.

/Lars
Hi Lars,

I am HAPPY that you asked. When I swapped the yellow and orange wires it works! [:I][:I]

Apparently I took orange (function ground) for being lowest potential by heart. Shows the importance of reading the instructions very careful the first time when one is trying new stuff!! That was an eye opener! Happy that no damage was done.

Regards,
Benny - Outsider and MFDWPL

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Offline intruder  
#13 Posted : 25 April 2007 00:37:01(UTC)
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You are not the first (and definately not the last) to forget about the common plus, Benny.
I'm glad you made it work.

We have seen examples on calculation of resistors in parallell. This is "my" easy way, if only two resistors (several calculations are required if more than two):

(R1*R2)/(R1+R2)

As you know, two identical resistors gives half the resistans, 3 gives 1/3, 4 gives 1/4 and so on. If two or more different resistors, your total resistans is allways lower than the lowest resistor.
Best regards Svein, Norway
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Offline Lars Westerlind  
#14 Posted : 25 April 2007 00:50:19(UTC)
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:-)
Good to hear Benny.
/Lars
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