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Eric M. Jones

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:31 am Post subject: Modifying 12V LED Strip Lighting to work in 24/28V Aircraft

LED Strip lighting is usually made for 12V systems. To convert this for 24/28 volt systems see the attached pdf.



This is far better than using a stepdown supply or adding a load resistor.

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: Modifying 12V LED Strip Lighting to work in 24/28V Aircraft

Strangely enough, I did exactly this at work on Thursday. One thing to remember is that the number of LED's in each of the strips must be the same or the one with less LEDs in it will be brighter, or even blow. 



Etienne



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 LED Strip lighting is usually made for 12V systems. To convert this for 24/28 volt systems see the attached pdf.

 

 This is far better than using a stepdown supply or adding a load resistor.

 

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: Modifying 12V LED Strip Lighting to work in 24/28V Aircraft

This raises a good question: is it okay to light a strip of LEDs by just wiring them in series in a quantity such that each LED sees the appropriate voltage  drop?  This would seem to eliminate the (admittedly small) energy loss from heating up resistors. On the other hand, failure of one LED would darken the whole string. 



Thoughts?



Dan

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