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LED String Lights - Green (10M)

These LED string lights are a great way to add light to any project with little to no soldering required. The insulated strings come in 10m lengths with one green LED every 10cm for a total of 100 LED's, all you have to do is add 3-3.4V and they are ready to shine.

Note: 3-3.4V is the the working voltage of these strings. Please do not use 12V.

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  • Member #632962 / about 10 years ago / 1

    Would these work on a color organ? if not what lights might you recommend.

  • Sickypoo / about 10 years ago / 1

    Is it possible to cut these into 10 times 1m ? All we'd have to do is add a resistor to each new section? (if so, what value resistor should we use?)

    • Kamiquasi / about 10 years ago / 1

      Yes, yes, depends on the voltage you'll use on them :)

      You can use an online LED calculator, such as http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz , to find a suitable part. As the 'Source Voltage', use what you are using to power it with. Forward voltage and forward current are typically provided in an LED's datasheet or the product page where you source them (in this case, try 3.4V and 16mA). If you get a resistor value you don't have, but you have resistors lower/higher, always go for the higher values to prevent the LEDs from burning up.

      Note that 16mA is probably a bit on the conservative side - most LEDs are typically driven between 18mA and 20mA - so you might go with a slightly lower resistor value to get more brightness out of them if needed.

  • Member #479840 / about 11 years ago / 1

    So you can not make these lights blink slow or fast?

  • Nat M / about 12 years ago / 1

    in the video it said these take 12 volts, but here it says 3-3.4. which is it?

    also, the datasheet says 16 mA -- is that for the whole string, or each individual LED?

    • Kamiquasi / about 12 years ago / 2

      It'll be the 3-3.4V, as more explicitly stated in the note :) When some others tried applying 12V, the resistor essentially burnt out.

      The 16mA would be per LED. They're wired in parallel, so it quickly adds up.

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