LED voltage

Jan 23, 2008 2 Replies

Two questions really:


1: I have some old LED's but don't know what the forward voltage or current is for any of them. Is there anyway of finding out ?


2: If I have some LED's with a Vf of 3.4V and If of 30mA could I wire



94 of them in series and connect to mains AC supply of 230V with no limiting resistor. I have suggested 94 because this is 320 divided by
3.4 ( where 320 is the peak V for 230V RMS).

Yes. View in Courier: +5V>--> | | S1 O | +-----+ R1| | [5000]

Thanks JF

Great answer to both Qs, much appreciated.

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