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Offline matping

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A SINGLE LED WIRING HELP PLEASE
« on: 28 March 2012, 20:09 »
i may be having a brain fart  :grin: i  want to wire just a single flashing LED up  but i want it to come on when the ignition is turned off  aint done  this for years ! how do i do it again ?

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Re: A SINGLE LED WIRING HELP PLEASE
« Reply #1 on: 28 March 2012, 20:18 »
would this work ???   

connect the positive + wire to permanant live and negative- to ignition live, wen you turn your key the led will go out and when you turn the key off it will start flashing---

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Re: A SINGLE LED WIRING HELP PLEASE
« Reply #2 on: 29 March 2012, 08:02 »
Yes, that should work fine. 

Just temporarily connect up a 12 volt flashing LED in the colour of your choice, and if it's OK, connect it up permanently.

You could put a diode in series just to make sure no current can possibly flow the 'wrong' way through the LED.

I find Maplins the easiest place to get LED's and the plastic clips for them.

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« Last Edit: 29 March 2012, 08:08 by h8v »

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Re: A SINGLE LED WIRING HELP PLEASE
« Reply #3 on: 30 March 2012, 07:54 »
hi yes i went to maplins and got a LED  i wired this in yesterday and all good  :smiley:

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Re: A SINGLE LED WIRING HELP PLEASE
« Reply #4 on: 30 March 2012, 12:21 »
Excellent.  Now you have an alarm!   :wink:

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