Thanks for the image. Well it's not a problem of having the leds light up and being bright. It's having them turn off. I've heard a few people say a 1k resistor should be used, but it seems when you do the math to find which value should be used it is a lower value around 150-180. If 1k should be used then there is a concept or something I'm missing. Can someone please enlighten me in this situation?