Anyone here have any basic electronics knowledge?

[William Shatners Toupee]

I need help putting an LED into something!
Thanks!
-Rick

 

[Tekkaman Blade]

I think I know what.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

Affirmative!

 

[darthviper107]

LED's are simple, you need an LED, and a resistor--the resistor is to restrict the amount of power going to the LED, on some LED's the power from a battery will be too much and it'll burn out. I got some LED's from Hobbytown that were meant for an airplane and they already had a resistor attached to the LED, so then you would just need a something to connect the battery and a switch

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

LED's are simple, you need an LED, and a resistor--the resistor is to restrict the amount of power going to the LED, on some LED's the power from a battery will be too much and it'll burn out. I got some LED's from Hobbytown that were meant for an airplane and they already had a resistor attached to the LED, so then you would just need a something to connect the battery and a switch

That's a great starting point and terrific advice, thank you. I have a Hobbytown near me so I will check it out!

 

[darthviper107]

That's a great starting point and terrific advice, thank you. I have a Hobbytown near me so I will check it out!

Yeah, the LED's they have there have an resistor attached to an LED with a rubber insulator around it, they're 5mm LED's I think