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Default LED car lights flicker - no need!

On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:08 +0100, Dave Plowman wrote:

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Major Scott wrote:
They flicker for a reason. If they smoothed the current they might
just as well use DC direct from the battery.


No, provide them with a lower DC voltage to make them dimmer. Say 12V
for brake and 9V for tail.


I'd suggest you look up the Ladybird book of electronics to get a clue
about how LEDs work.


See my other reply as you've just said the same thing again.

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