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blind34_1 · 05-31-2002, 05:53 PM

Heres one for you brandon:
I'm one of those kids that wired those 10 dollar red LED strips to his center console. I have it wired into a DPDT so my options are
steady on, off, pulse with amp output.

My question is, when the amp starts pumping a lot of juice, not only is it powering my sub, but (since its parallel) its sending signal to those leds too (which is what I want-pulsing is good) The other day, rammstein killed my lights. Too much bass overheated the lights and I think caused a short (the sub kept going though, so it wasn't the amp. The lights work now though. What I want to do is stick a resistor in there to limit the amount of signal to the leds. I have a 200 watt amp. Would my resistor idea work or not? If so, how many ohms should I shoot for? (I haven't worked those kind of equations since sophomore year - I'm rusty) Thanks

05-31-2002, 05:53 PM	#1
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 41 Posts: 1,813	Amp output & LEDS Heres one for you brandon: I'm one of those kids that wired those 10 dollar red LED strips to his center console. I have it wired into a DPDT so my options are steady on, off, pulse with amp output. My question is, when the amp starts pumping a lot of juice, not only is it powering my sub, but (since its parallel) its sending signal to those leds too (which is what I want-pulsing is good) The other day, rammstein killed my lights. Too much bass overheated the lights and I think caused a short (the sub kept going though, so it wasn't the amp. The lights work now though. What I want to do is stick a resistor in there to limit the amount of signal to the leds. I have a 200 watt amp. Would my resistor idea work or not? If so, how many ohms should I shoot for? (I haven't worked those kind of equations since sophomore year - I'm rusty) Thanks

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