Exploding LED

[BankaiIchigo12345]

PLEASE repost this WITH the sound in place!

[ZXRulezzz]

My first LED exploded into my eye when I was like 5 or so when I attached it to 12v AC adaptor :)

[TheLightningStalker]

Try and revive it with the defibrillator.

[P90user304]

Fucking Gay Video. Im A Troll.

[npr101010]

I have some LEDs that survived 5volts

[Mppgangster225]

Cool but do this with 50uF charged up to 700V

[renekenshin6573]

I have a better use to led's than that

[TheMike16112]

Crap I blinked

[TheUSAHaxor]

dont put small leds on 9v batterys ): learned the hard way

[lintm]

Condolence to the LED :( sad face

[thewii552]

the new version of the one-use flash bulb.

[ostravsketornado]

entertained us also firing resistors

[ostravsketornado]

It's funny, we also did in school. This stinks very!

[LectronCircuits]

Years ago, I did not know about series resistors. Consequently, I blew up my very first LED. Not only was the experience very depressing, but the blown-up LED emitted the most horrible odor, sickening beyond imagination. Perhaps you can develop and perfect Stench-Emitting Diodes!

[ostravsketornado]

@LectronCircuits Yeah, stinks it nice! And sometimes it explodes.

[woodss82]

RIP to the LED hope it haunts u,

[jonathanmlang]

What colour was that LED supposed to be at normal power?

[nathan82206]

it was like christmas all at once :D

[bestamerica]

'

over volt then bomb

[Terra2Auriga]

rip led

[MrThomassss]

i´m using 350V@550µF :D

[destrierofdark]

Pac-Man signed this LED up as a suicide bomber.

[dust478]

@destrierofdark lol thats funny

[Alex1M6]

A piece of an exploding LED hit me in the eye once!

[paperclipmuffin2711]

I've done this many a time by accident. Stinks. Like. Hell

[YTBYlover]

Led's can.. Fail?? Un herd of!

[milek021]

but, but, there is some resistor on right side ? :D

[lolfunnycp]

i've done that before

[Pirate88179]

I light my leds with a single AA battery using a joule thief circuit and then, this does not happen...well...most of the time anyway.

They sure do stink when they fry.

Bill

[AD4212]

can i connect 15+ leds to a 5V powersupply then? 5 and 3mm leds!

[ubuntututorials]

@AD4212 15 leds @ 5V would mean each LED would only get 0.33V, not enough. Wire them in parallel, two LEDs in each chain, this gives each LED about 2.5 volts which is fine for red, green and yellow LEDs.

[AD4212]

@ubuntututorials i figured out that i should use 12V. and (5) 75ohm resistors.

(1) 75ohm resistor each 3 LED in parallel.

[Electriceeeel]

To chrisss9. Oh really that's it. Thanks.

[oasis3901]

I cannot believe this happens at 5V supply. How intolerable semi-conductors are against exceeding their absolute ratings !

[amando96]

@oasis3901 LED's have basically no electrical resistance, so they will "suck" out as much current as they can, resulting in.. well, that's what the video shows :)

[ubuntututorials]

Most semiconductors are very tolerant of overloads. For example most LEDs can safely take 10 times their rated current for about half a second. I've powered many 'signal' LEDs on 5V and 9V with no major issues (they change colour and they get warmer), though they do fail quicker, within a couple hours usually. Diodes, the non-light-emitting type, are way more tolerant, a 1N4001 / 1A diode can carry upwards of 50 amp surges (for about 8.3 ms).

[TimpBizkit]

I connected a red LED to a 9V battery. It just glowed bright orange, but didn't blow. it was probably on the verge of blowing though

[Nanovirus5995]

was that such a bright idea?.......

no pun intended XD

[crisss994]

lol i done that b4 it scared the crap out of me i didnt expect it to explode!

[AntiEtc]

GF led

[picaticatara]

I lost the game.

[MacAppsFree]

God dammit, ass

[Altanore]

You guys can't really see it in this video, but after it exploded, it spewed out some sort of black liquid all over the breadboard. If you look really really closely to the right pin (Cathode lead) just under the plastic casing, you can see the black liquid start to leak out.

[HarvolHD]

@Altanore Is it liquid or burned .__.

[Unasigad]

@Altanore Yeah I saw it. It might be the right pin overloading and then turning black or it was some liquid?

[nathan82206]

@Altanore It's called crystaliam bicarbonate, it's byproduct from the evaporation of crystallized silicone. When Ionized it lets off a tremendous amount of radiation, potentially more dangerous than nuclear fall out. If in the nuclear fission process of Ionized endoplasmic reticulum it can exert extreme pressures, and temperature of what a million atomic suns could generate. You could potentially destroy 1/13215236641326135246636th of the universe, be careful.

[ArbyTheElite]

@Altanore lol that would be headlight fluid... RvsR refference.... now im off to buy some elbo grease :)

[GrandpaTD]

I once tried that and it stank really bad! :)

[ductape95]

looks fun

[Amishman35]

A 3 millimeter red or green LED placed in a microwave oven with a cup of water in the other corner (to prevent damage to the magnetron) will explode.

[CommandoBurton]

Holy shit, it moved its position! It was sideways towards the right. After it blew out it moved it to the left.

[littlebd7]

HAHAHAHAHA I LKD DA BT WN IT ESPLODED!

[stoned247ca]

dude u make words to short ''u licked da but win it esploded'' wtf

[legomaniacman]

I never knew an LED can explode, imagine doing that to a brand new LED TV if it works exactly the same

[stoned247ca]

is it lcd or led? meaning a tv

[crisss994]

led tv is just these lights in this video micro sized and put inside a tv

[americaneagle791]

Looked cool from 2-4 seconds.

[DavidTiger1]

I connected an LED to the 5v rail powering USB and it did this haha I crapped myself.

I had a few LED's and the others worked fine on 5v but 1 in particular didnt hha

[kenhay]

You are a genius!!!!!!

[americaneagle791]

You don`t have to be a genius to overload an L.E.D.

[gyorihuni]

Yeah i know ,and it stinks! xD

[cheetawolf]

LOL FART

[ParodieParodie]

co nie?

[poop333x2]

poor led it didn't even get a chance to make it into a mod *sob*

[laurdy]

My DT teacher told me it didn't need a resistor and that is what happend

[manoftnuva]

Another Supernova's born !

[Imageofgodsl]

I know i sound stupid but can anyone tell me wad type of resistors must i use for a normal 3.5V led??

[Altanore]

What is the voltage of the power source you will be using?

[Imageofgodsl]

erm maybe 9V and 12V???

What is the way to calculate 0.o

[yuandrew]

Assuming you're only going to feed it 20 mA, go with a 470 ohm 1/2 watt for 12 volts.

[markii63]

yeah they have a unique smell when dying :D

[HDxLoki]

thats what happened when i use a 9v battery lol

[cankarales]

poor LED. r.i.p.

[BrUnOPsYReBoLaTiOn]

ahhhhhh estragou o led =X

dava pra mim kkk

[pclover]

Oops

[hersheybearsfan6]

I did this by accident while working on an LED. except it was right in my face when it blew up. Scared me quite a bit and caught the carpet on fire. LESSON LEARNED!!!!

[sciencoking]

RIP LED :P

[Altanore]

Hope so... don't want it haunting me. :)

[sciencoking]

lol... ever saw what happens if ou fry it with 12 voltsß mine did a mighty BAAAANG and the oieces flew around in my room... 2 weeks later i STILL found some here and there LoL

[BAD15Boyzzzz]

if you try a multi color LED and put 12V straight through ir then it will act like a strobe for upto 5 mins then it will explode

[justin19822]

oh my god that poor thing whats wrong with you

[ingo1308]

i've tried this, i just connected it to a 9v battery:)

[RODALCO2007]

Superb ! good clip.

[SJNstudios]

Awesome! That would make a great squib (small explosive used in the film industry). Could you destroy an led with a battery or capacitor instead?

[ubuntututorials]

You could fry most LEDs with a 9V battery.

A row of LEDs would produce a less dramatic effect. The LEDs act as resistors; they produce a voltage drop. A two 2.6V LEDs can be wired into 5 volts safely as they each get a voltage of about 2.5V. If you were to connect a row of LEDs to too much voltage, I suspect that only one LED would go then the rest would be damaged but not explode because they were disconnected fast enough (by the failed LED in the circuit) before severe damage could result.

[Fastenjaw]

lol this one doesn't have the resistor built in. Hence why it went up in smoke.