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Old 19-05-2007, 11:55 AM
Dennis
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Thanks again for all the replies, advice and suggestions - mucho appreciated.

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Originally Posted by acropolite View Post
BTW the 6V plugpack you have could have a voltage as high as 9-10 volts unless it's regulated.
Phil - It is a 6V regulated mains adpater. I was advised once to always use regulated PSU's for my nice, expensive astronomy equipment.

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Originally Posted by freespace View Post
The series design is less desirable to me because it requires more voltage. The original design of this thread had a resistor for each LED - so they are not directly in parallel - and it should work fine.
Freespace - I already have a 24VDC 1A regulated mains adapter and the series design means I only have to solder 1 resistor into the circuit, so being lazy and not too skilled with a soldering iron, I’ll go that route.

Thanks again guys

Dennis
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