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Old 05-30-2011, 06:28 AM
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Default Screw-Heads Grounding

Seems to me the screw head are grounding/shorting the LEDs to the heat-sink. Maybe try using smaller head screws that don't contact the terminals on the LED stars.

Let me know if this helps.

HeliWrench

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Originally Posted by Stones View Post
Here is a pic of how I have the LEDs mounted to the heatsink. Ignore the 1st LED with the black marker as that was the dud.


Here I pencilled in how I had the LEDs wired together before removing the wiring last night.


Here is a close up of how i have the LEDs wired. I only resoldered the first 2 LEDs together again for testing purposes and was unable to get both to fire at the same time off of a battery.
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