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12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 3:27 PM

Hello,

I need to run a 12 volt LED lamp on a 24 volt supply. Is it just a case of putting a resistor (same resitance as LED) in series?

Or do I see this too simple?

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Re: 12 volt LED lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 3:49 PM

I do advise you to have a look at Boylestad's book "Introductory Circuit Analysis"...There are some ANSWERED problems matching your question!!

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 4:21 PM

a 12V LED? interesting

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 5:17 PM

LED Car Bulbs.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 2:48 PM

Car bulbs http://www.ledlight.com/12-volt-led-lightbulbs.aspx

I guess we are to guess it 24 DC from a automotive battery and not 24 AC.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 6:42 PM

Everything is a guess based on the pitiful lack of information provided by the OP.

In any case, LEDs don't like AC power. Do they?

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 7:37 PM

LED's will work with either A/C or D/C , it's the voltage and/or current direction that must be maintained....and as was already stated, some LED's have a wide range of voltages that will work...and some come with a blocking diode built in....

http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-AC-with-LEDs-Part-1/

http://www.ledlight.com/12-volt-led-lightbulbs.aspx

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 7:49 PM

The assembly may be rated at 12v, but the LED/LEDs in the assembly are not, and I expect that was Fredski's point.

Almost all LEDs have a maximum forward voltage of about 3.5 volts, most are lower.

They all have to have current limiting of some sort, and this will obviously limit the voltage across them.

I have never heard of one as high as 12v, perhaps someone might enlighten me.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 8:17 PM

12 volt LEDS have been available for around 25 years in my limited experience. That is, just the LED, no other components across the 12- 14 volts DC.

Example, search online for this data sheet:- BR-B21V1-12V Datasheet

You will find one here, select the "BL-R213P":-

BRIGHT/BR-B21V1-12V

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02/13/2015 8:46 PM

That's not a 12 LED Andy..

That link is for a 12v assembly which uses an LED with a forward voltage of less than 3 volts (check the graphs). The first page when you bring up the link tells you that it has an 800 ohm series resistor in the package.

Here is the text

"BR-B21V1-12V : GaP/GaP Green Internal For DC and pulse operation. Resistor 800Ω
BRIGHT LED ELECTRONICS CORP "


Here is part of the data sheet, note items 5. and 8.
1. Chip material: GaP/GaP 2. Emitted color : Green 3. Lens Appearance : Green Diffused 4. For DC and pulse operation. 5. With current limiting resistor for 12V 6. TTL & CMOS compatible. 7. 3mm diameter package. 8. Internal Resistor 800Ω

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02/14/2015 4:19 PM

It is a 12 volt LED, NOT what you wrote which was "That's not a 12 LED Andy" whatever that is ?????

Even if internally its more than one LED, what difference does that make, in appearance it looks like a single LED and it uses an internal resistor to drop the voltage.....did you even look at the first page of the datasheet? Probably not.

Sorry its not bigger, I am using Ubuntu and chrome, which appears not to be able to resize the jpg....but I think its clear enough but small. If you need a better picture, just ask and I will try another browser and OS for you.

I have resized with Firefox, but its still not very clear, so I will try and add a second copy below....

Here it is:-

I think its quite obvious that appearance is of a normal LED......and its 12 Volts and it has an internal resistor, demonstrated by the small schematic.....

Its no better sadly.....you need to find it yourself!!

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02/14/2015 5:41 PM

I missed the v in 12v...So what Andy...any fool would have known what was meant.

As for the rest of your diatribe.... I reprinted some of the data...so obviously I did read it... and it clearly states that the device incorporates a current limiting resistor...Which, after all, is the subject of this debate.

As I am sure you know..LED is an acronym for Light Emitting Diode.. Not Light emitting Diode plus Resistor.

I repeat that the device may be 12v (see I got the v right for you that time) but the LED itself is not.

Maybe a reprint of your slogan is in order

"For those who understand, no explanation is necessary, for those who don't, no explanation is possible!"

unsubscibe not worth it.

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02/15/2015 11:27 AM

You are an unfriendly troll.

You made multiple errors of fact.

Then you lost your temper.....simply because the information I supplied was correct, in a single case of an LED, with no other external components, was a LED that needed 12 volts. They have been around probably longer than you have been around, judging by your temper!!!

If you stay around here, you will learn how to behave.....but probably very slowly I feel.

Or you will leave......

Prove me wrong either way......

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 4:33 PM

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_divider

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 7:00 PM

You need to be concerned with the voltage and the wattage.....What watt bulb? What watt supply?

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/12/2015 10:35 PM

Depends if you want an LED light and a nice resistive heater. What's the rating of the LED light?

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 8:47 AM

look up the max current spec for the led, use the formula E=IR to determine a series resistance that keeps the current below that value for the E you are using.

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02/13/2015 9:27 AM

That would work if correctly calculated, Gerald has already mentioned that.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/13/2015 9:45 AM

"Is it just a case of putting a resistor (same resitance as LED) in series?"

The LED is a diode, megohms in one direction, ohms in the other, using this approach to an R value would result in malfunction in either case.

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02/13/2015 10:13 AM

It isn't a 12 volt LED, it's an LED with a built in voltage (and/or current) regulator circuit. Check the specs. Many of these so called 12 volt units have a wide range of input voltage, some up to 30 volts.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/18/2015 10:09 AM

I get your point! You about poked my eye out with that one!

Or OP could take his two 12V LED (bulbs) and put them in series (as other contributors have suggested) on his 24 VDC supply. There is no way he means on a 24 VAC supply, although stranger things have probably happened.

OP has jumped ship - so this is my last word on this thread.

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02/13/2015 11:30 AM

If you measure the current, you can pick out a 12 volt zener diode of the appropriate wattage and us it as a constant voltage shunt in series with your 12 volt product.

Simple, cheap, exact, and reliable.

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02/13/2015 8:10 PM

But it would not work much different than a resistor would.....the resistor would drop 12 volts if correctly calculated.....and be cheaper....

What am I missing?

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02/13/2015 8:35 PM

In any case a Zener diode requires a dropping resistor in order to regulate the voltage, and in this case of reducing 24v down to 12v, the resistors would be the same value so - apart from providing a more stable voltage - nothing saved.

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/18/2015 8:27 AM

No it dosen't. The load gets what ever the zener diode drops out of the loop. It also allows the current to fluxuate while maintaining the voltage to the load.

Whatever!

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/14/2015 9:05 PM

Application will help. Are you intending to use car bulbs in a truck? Do you want an indicator LEd on a power wheelchair? Is it a panel containing electronics that needs an On indicator? Different solutions for each.Jim

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Re: 12 Volt LED Lamp on 24V

02/17/2015 3:07 PM

Hey Jack! Put two LED (12 volt) in parallel on a 24 VDC supply, and then you can burn out two at once! First the weak one hogs the current and burns really bright for a short time, then the other one pulls too much current and burns brightly for a short time.

Think: Flash! Flash! Aw crap!

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02/18/2015 4:34 AM

I think we should just talk amongst ourselves for a while. O.P. hasn't answered any of my questions so not sure if s/he is even listening.Jim

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04/29/2015 2:25 PM

The lamp current draw is probably stated. If it is 12V/Ilamp=needed R.

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