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Title: xbox power
Post by: ItchyD on December 19, 2008, 10:54:31 pm

I'm thinking of connecting 20 ultralux LEDs to my xbox power supply, can anyone tell me how much power they draw, and if the xbox will be up to it?

Title: Re: xbox power
Post by: Malenko on December 20, 2008, 08:24:29 am

regular xbox? I had all kinds of junk running off mine, it should be able to handle 20 LEDs with no issue. I had mine running 4 LED fans and about 35 super brite LEDs

Title: Re: xbox power
Post by: ItchyD on December 20, 2008, 12:02:29 pm

Thank you!

Title: Re: xbox power
Post by: Franco B on December 21, 2008, 05:50:32 am

You will need to run the LEDs in parallel . I would use a y-spliiter and take power from the HDD molex (either 5v or 12v depending on if you are using the single 5 volt or Super-Bright 3-chip 12 Volt LED )

As Malenko said the Xbox psu will handle it no problem as you will only be drawing ~175-500mA