Hi,
I am trying to make a decorating led light.
I am using 675 leds. I will divide them in three parts of 225 leds each.
I am trying to add them in parallel so that one bad led doesn't effect the others.
All the three array will be operated through a led chaser circuit which I will build in next phase.
Assuming that the voltage drop of led is 2.0 v and current consumption(5mm) is 20 mA, the total current consumption is around 14 Amp.
My question is , what will be best way to connect them. Should I connect them in parallel individually like in the image attached below. Or Connecting 3-4 leds in series through a resistor in each array to bring down the current consumption.
I am trying to use 12v smps power supply for it.
thanks
I am trying to make a decorating led light.
I am using 675 leds. I will divide them in three parts of 225 leds each.
I am trying to add them in parallel so that one bad led doesn't effect the others.
All the three array will be operated through a led chaser circuit which I will build in next phase.
Assuming that the voltage drop of led is 2.0 v and current consumption(5mm) is 20 mA, the total current consumption is around 14 Amp.
My question is , what will be best way to connect them. Should I connect them in parallel individually like in the image attached below. Or Connecting 3-4 leds in series through a resistor in each array to bring down the current consumption.
I am trying to use 12v smps power supply for it.
thanks