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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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DFord
Explorer
Jun 05, 2019
You say the second one hasn't failed yet. Open it up and measure the voltage going to the wires you're showing.

Do you understand the difference between parallel and series circuits?

If you wire them in parallel, they both get the same voltage.
If you wire them in series, each one gets 1/2 of the voltage.

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