01pearsonj
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Registered: 16th Jan 07
Location: Scunthorpe
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went to put my leds in today behind the heater controls and blew the fuse. Was drawing umberliveable current of like 30+ amps. Took them out and is working fine now. Any one have any ideas, there a certen way round these leds need to be?
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Rob_Corsa
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
Location: Derbyshire
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one way round they shouldnt draw any current and the other way it should only eb about 10mA. Try powering them froma 9v pp3 battery and see if they work. Sounds more like you shorted out the rails where the led's mount.
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01pearsonj
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Registered: 16th Jan 07
Location: Scunthorpe
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yeh i did do that once. but tried a number of fuses and still were blowing
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