LED build gone wrong?

[Zequrine]

Hello po sa lahat!
here's the case. Gumawa ako ng custom led build. niwire ko in series yung leds tapos ikinonect yung driver. d siyaumilaw as expected. and dim talaga parang walang ilaw na visible unless patayin ang ilaw sa room. d ko alam kung ano ang mali sa ginawa ko. patulong naman po sa mga masters diyan

[mindfreak]

bro anu specs ng led driver na gamit mo? specially the total output voltage. baka mababa output voltage mo in proportion sa high output leds na naka series. check mo din polarity, baka may nagkabaliktad ng kabit.

[mindfreak]

it would also help if you can post pics ng driver mo together with your DIY light.

[aldwin]

should it be in series or in parallel?

[aarongo222]

[mindfreak]

advisable is layout it in series connection just stay in the range of the allowable number of leds per driver then you'll be ok.. but you can also use drivers in parallel connection as long as you know what you are doing. tinatamad na ako mag explain. i just pull the words from may past notes ( i can't remember anymore kung saang site ko ito nabasa, hehe).

Wiring up multiple LEDs in parallel

Unlike LEDs that are wired in series, LEDs wired in parallel use one wire to connect all the positive electrodes of the LEDs your using to the positive wire of the power supply and use another wire to connect all the negative electrodes of the LEDs your using to the negative wire of the power supply. Wiring things in parallel has some distinct advantages over wiring things in series.

If you wire a whole bunch of LEDs in parallel rather than dividing the power supplied to them between them, they all share it. So, a 12V battery wired to four 3V LEDs in series would distribute 3V to each of the LEDs. But that same 12V battery wired to four 3V LEDs in parallel would deliver the full 12V to each LED - enough to burn out the LEDs for sure!

Wiring LEDs in parallel allows many LEDs to share just one low voltage power supply. We could take those same four 3V LEDs and wire them in parallel to a smaller power supply, say two AA batteries putting out a total of 3V and each of the LEDs would get the 3V they need.

In short, wiring in series divides the total power supply between the LEDs. Wiring them in parallel means that each LED will receive the total voltage that the power supply is outputting.

And finally, just some warnings...wiring in parallel drains your power supply faster than wiring things in series because they end up drawing more current from the power supply. It also only works if all the LEDs you are using have exactly the same power specifications. Do NOT mix and match different types/colors of LEDs when wiring in parallel.

[Zequrine]

pano po mag post nang pic... i tried posting sa first post ko kaso sabi daw na "sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached." pano po yun.. anyways heto nalnag yung specs: 12V 60W yung silver na galing ICtech. Output Voltage= DC12+ 0.5v; Power=60W.. yun lang po ang ma intindihan ko sa nakasulat..

[aldwin]

nasa bacolod ka pala..may isang guy jan na magaling sa electronics..possible na marunong mga gumawa ng para sa aquariums...

timers..LED set-up.. etc.. si RBT..ito share ko number nya..09494010101

sorry sir RBT without your pemission po

[Zequrine]

[aldwin]

hindi eh...

pero garatisado 100 pecent...

kaya nya yan...