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Old 9th February 2012, 05:04 PM
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Hey, the resistor need needs to be in series with the LED, not parallel! LEDs typically work with a 2-3V voltage, depending on type. The resistor is needed to take the rest of the voltage. http://ledz.com/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator
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