Hi. I'm new to this forum. I'm not completely ignorant with electronics, most of my knowledge being in computers, networks, phone repair, etc. The last forum I joined, I posted a new thread, didn't provide enough information, and they were complete assholes. I may not know all the language, or all the names for parts, but I'm a good learner, I'm not afraid to research and figure it out, and I'm here to learn. With that being said, help me learn some things, and I will do my best to pass on my knowledge when appropriate. So let's dig in!
So I'm building a circuit. I'm wanting to use a hall effect sensor to open a solid state relay, to trigger a device. In my test setup, I have a 9v battery, solderless breadboard, hall effect sensor, ssr, and a board with 2 led"s on it that I salvaged from a working multipurpose light. The board with the led's I believe has a 4.5v requirement since the unit had a 3 aaa alkaline batteries to power it, 1.5v each. I can hook the 9v to the 2 wires of the led board and they light up. Holding it for a few seconds as to not burn them out. You can see in my makeshift diagram how my setup is. I can hook up the breadboard, put power to the SSR and have full readings with my multimeter that power is going to the SSR. The light on the SSR even lights up. But...there is NO reading on the output of the SSR to the led's. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Please advise. Thank you.
So I'm building a circuit. I'm wanting to use a hall effect sensor to open a solid state relay, to trigger a device. In my test setup, I have a 9v battery, solderless breadboard, hall effect sensor, ssr, and a board with 2 led"s on it that I salvaged from a working multipurpose light. The board with the led's I believe has a 4.5v requirement since the unit had a 3 aaa alkaline batteries to power it, 1.5v each. I can hook the 9v to the 2 wires of the led board and they light up. Holding it for a few seconds as to not burn them out. You can see in my makeshift diagram how my setup is. I can hook up the breadboard, put power to the SSR and have full readings with my multimeter that power is going to the SSR. The light on the SSR even lights up. But...there is NO reading on the output of the SSR to the led's. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Please advise. Thank you.