LED revival

[AndyL]

Loving LEDs this evening.

After spending much of the day drilling for the the 5g's array, I realized I was going to have more than a few leftover.

So I figured some augmentation of the 2x20w NO's on the 65g right now would be a good thing. Mounted (superglue) 16 of them to a 36" peice of eggcrate, then wired them up. The 2x20w NO's got removed, as they were easily being outdone by the LEDs.

Of course, we'll see how long they last... Tried something 'different' this time. Used my standard 12v 1.2Ah wall wart (actually puts out 14.4v), used 4 LEDs in series, no resistor. I tested a series like this all last week - and it didn't burn any out, strangely even without resistors they're only drawing 34mA. Spec's list a Vmax of 3.6v and max current of 30mA, so they are being overdriven slightly.

I'm thinking I may have to get a few more white and blue LEDs, may just do the 65g up with only LED lighting.

Andy