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   Dave Plowman to Major Scott   
   Re: LED car lights flicker - no need!   
   24 Apr 13 00:09:36   
   
   XPost: uk.rec.driving   
   From: dave@davesound.co.uk   
      
   In article ,   
      Major Scott  wrote:   
   > >> Take for example the brake/tail lights.  These are often pulsed for   
   > >> tail and on for brake.  So what you said doesn't make sense.   
   > >> Anything less than full voltage on (as for brake) will be lower heat.   
   > >   
   > > LEDs are current, not voltage, driven.   
      
   > When there's a series resistor, then you can think of them as voltage   
   > driven.   
      
   Why would you have a 'series resistor' if they are pulse driven?   
      
   But in any case it is irrelevant. It's the current they are driven with   
   that matters - not the voltage.   
      
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