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Kayteg1
Explorer II
Jun 05, 2019

Do you think I can use 2 of 6V LED in the row with 12V.

I have 2 of solar-charged motion-detecting LED safety lights. The battery in 1 already died and I assume the other will do soon. I don't want to spend money for new batteries as I don't need the l...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jun 05, 2019
You can buy 2x 80W 12V LED flood lights for $18 but what fun is that?

I converted a small 120V LED sewing machine light to 12V. LEDs are about 3V each so 4 in series works on 12V DC. I modified the wiring to connect groups of 4 in parallel. I was left with a group of 3 to which I added a resistor.

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