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LED-Wiz and wiring questions
markronz:
Hello everyone, I am a newb when it comes to wiring up lighting. I've recently decided to get some illuminated buttons and etc for my control panel, like so many others before me. I've searched this forum for informaiton on LED-Wiz and wiring, and it has been helpful, but I guess I have some questions that are more specific to my set up.
I just got my 32 port LED-Wiz the other day. I will be lighting up all of my buttons with blue LEDs. No RGB for me, just straight up blue.
Here is what I would ideally want to wire up:
- Electric ICE™ RGB Trackball Lighting Upgrade Kit V2.0 - Blue Novagem lightsource
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=273
- 18 Ultralux 5 Volt LEDs
http://www.ultimarc.com/ultralux.html
- I also currently have 3 things wired up with White T 1-3/4 Single 6v LED's from Happ. Part number "91-5WB-61W2 "
http://www.happcontrols.com/lighting/915wb61w.htm
Now for some questions...
1. The LED's from Happ are 6v. Is that going to present a problem since everything else is only 5v? Or will it only use 5v of power? If I have to do something special to get it to work, I will just remove the 6v bulbs and get some 5v replacements. I just didn't know for sure if it would matter, and didn't want to take apart things for no reason.
2. Above I count 22 different items, so I assume the 32 port LED-Wiz would suit me just fine in that aspect. What I am wondering is if I need to hook up additional power to the LED-Wiz or not. I see that the Trackball kit uses a NovaGem light source which I've read is 100ma @ 5v. But the other LED's don't really list a "ma usage". They just list the fact that they are 5v or 6v. So does anyone know what ma is used by the UltraLux 5v LED's? or by the Happ 6v LED's?
I'm pretty sure I can find a guide on HOW to hook up additional power if I need to, but I am just curious to see if I even need to do that.
Thanks in advance for the help! Let me know if you need more information!
-Mark
whines:
The 6v LED's will probably just be a little dimmer.
As far as the current draw goes...you could just keep hooking them up a few at a time and see how it goes. It's really easy to steall 5v from your computer, though, may just do that preemptively and not worry about it.
markronz:
So is the same thing true for a 12v bulb too? It won't short anything out, it will just be dimmer? I just thought you weren't supposed to hook things up to the LED-Wiz that had different voltages is all...
Franco B:
A 12v filament bulb would light up with 5v, it would just be very dim. A 12v LED would not light up with 5v though as it would be out of the operating range.
You can connect LEDs etc with different power requirements to the LED Wiz revision 2. You just need to isolate them into their own banks and feed each bank the required voltage.
markronz:
Great thanks! I was just scared that it would short out the LED-Wiz or my computer or something. Since a 12v LED won't light up, I will just replace anything that's 12v with 5v bulbs to avoid having to power an entire bank with a different voltage.
Last question I have right now is still realted to the ma usage...
Does anyone know what ma is used by the UltraLux 5v LED's? or by the Happ 6v LED's?
If no one knows, I will probably just work on powering up the LED with a 5v wire from my PC power supply, but I'd rather not if I don't have to.
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