Basic parallel LED question

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
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At the end of four hours (the timeframe of interest indicated by the OP), the LED was still on fairly well. The loaded voltage as 2.05V and the current was 11mA.

I put a second LED in parallel with the first and, somewhat to my surprise, the current draw was 31mA and both LEDs were reasonably well lit. It took a few minutes to rearrange things so that I could take a reading and I imagine the battery recovered just a bit during that time. But the current draw was down to 14mA in less than a minute. Still, both LEDs were well lit.
 
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