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Unread 01/29/2018, 05:48 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by jjoos99 View Post
These are the leds that I have.
https://www.rapidled.com/royal-blue-moonlight-led/
do you think these would work with the lunar sim? would I still need to use resistors with these leds? The power supply that plugs into the sim module is 9v.
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Jeff
Yes they can work but their typical drive currents (350ma) is WAY..WAY too muc for a moonlight unless you have a very large tank..

And all LEDs need some form of current limiting.. The one to use in this application is a resistor..

You still need to measure the output of the lunar module before you do anything else..

Then plug that value into the formula to choose the proper resistor..


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