Green LED turns red!

[cornholio3456]

those things smell like s**t when you fry them

[brianawesome100]

green led, yellow light

mind=blown

[discremal]

Next time use a car battery

[IIIIDiMbI4IIII]

За что его так?

[mightyfinejonboy]

terminator .....

[dehve86]

You let the magic blue smoke out!

[schoggi555]

here you can see exactly what hapens, when it burns thru ^^

[JLConawayII]

I'm in ur LED alterin ur quantum well

[totalrandomcrap]

That's why LED traffic lights are a bad idea!

[rgorazd]

0:33 a LED turns into SED. Smoke Emitting Diode

[logos2600]

@rgorazd I wish thumbs up was enabled on this video!

[ikkel33]

red my ass...

[viciokas1993]

You broke it!

[iEugene1994]

@viciokas1993 /watch?v=wdX8y_xkz14

[odv000]

more like "Green LED turns black"

[transistorbaluba]

Mind. The smell is a hurt in the nose. By the way, most LEDs contain cyanid.

[iEugene1994]

Автор, ты просто сжег светодиод и не более.

[xXPBSXx1]

this happen to my xbox controller XD

[davida1hiwaaynet]

I hate when that happens accidentally. As in selected wrong resistor or errant blob of solder on the board caused full 12V to hit the LED.

[WKmugen]

From red to dead.

[Chrisbunna22]

The LED was taken by the dark side

[timsot]

LOLz,never tried that :)

[TheKiller982]

LEDs always look like PENIS!!! :P

[WarriorIng64]

I did something similar to this once with a kid's electronics set I once had and had no clue what I was doing. I simply wired my green LED straight up to my 12V battery and noticed it glowing orange. I only disconnected it once I saw smoke coming out and a very small flicker of a flame. Needless to say, I couldn't get it to glow again after that.

Electronics and I don't mix, but I'm still cool with software.

[idvdm]

first it turns red then liquid... awesome!

[santi308]

led.. RIP

[metalmoto]

I had one explode in my face once, so be careful!

[iduno3point14159265]

yep thats busted

[CB0T]

SUPERNOVA!

[TheMusicalGiant]

How does overcurrenting change the properties of the band gap so that a higher wavelength (thus lower energy) than usual is emitted?

[teknown]

Alive LED turns dead.

[Belial1247]

Ohhhhh you killed him =(

[gentrythomas1]

Overclocking an led....

[TheLolman223344]

0:33 POP GOES THE LED

[JoanJettforever]

It was time to stop when it turned red, when it was green it was ok, when it was yellow it was time to speed up.

[mara5466]

it is so easy

1 put your LED directly in a 9V battery and

2 let it burn and the LED will gone transform in a red LED

that was all :)

[christiantorelli]

Poor little guy, he never even had a chance.

[Robloxblacky]

Its Yellow Turns Red :p

[ReallyCreamy]

My friend put an LED into a socket. It went boom and there was no colour :(

[itslife56]

@ReallyCreamy To high voltage, "Normal" leds require 2 - 3 volt

[emactan]

@ReallyCreamy Actually you can use AC mains. But you'd need a high value resistor (around 10Kohms with a power rating of >1Watt) and a diode/rectifier--both in series with the LED--to limit the current and convert AC to DC. Or you can dispense with the rectifier and use two LEDs in parallel but with their anodes and cathodes in reverse from one another. But a resistor wastes too much power. An AC mains rated capacitor would be a better choice. Its power dissipation is negligible

[oOoOoAToOoOo]

I can see you in the led!

[TheBIizzardStorm]

i did that once with a blue one. increase the voltage slowly and for short periods of time and it will emmit purple light ;) if u dont do this too long the diode will not get destroyed and keep its normal light when powered with the correct voltage

[REDd43m0n]

the LED is crying :'(

[azncardninja169]

Nothing happend

Oh wait

I'M RED GREEN COLORBLIND DAMN!

[c00lkarten1]

ELECTRONICS TURN EVIL!

[HystericallyRoxas]

Poor Diode, never knew what hit'em,

[Marcel0132]

0:32 fail

[TypicalRararian757]

Probably the funniest thing I have ever seen.

[TheSmokekoke]

Xbox LED!

[gunhoo12]

erm green??? but nice anyways

[weylin6]

That brown liquid that starts to squeeze between the epoxy and the metal, is that the chip melting? I'm surprised it's still lit up at that point.

[Demadafaka997]

ok... now turn it green again^^

[mscott87]

what a terrible smell they make when they finally break the smoke out

[blakegriplingph]

It makes sense.

[Elastane]

i've got to go now

[imeddy]

This kills the LED.

[Rurkenk]

Током на грани держали

[giovanni1251]

Its Orange Then Red Lol...

[1wederson]

queimou kkkkk

[PlayingPanda]

green means go yellow is caution and red means hope you don't break anything

[TogoTheHermit]

that poor led D: how could you?

[MarkGameVid]

i maded a white LED become light blue LED just by plugin 2 AA bat and wait...

[G0IFI]

One-shot traffic signals

[Smitakus]

Green LED turn black )

[Scottishtechkid98]

The story of Microsoft's Xbox 360's Life

[zVoltageCinema]

Thats how the red rings happen on the xbox.

[Firebirdharris]

changing the band gap energy by overheating them? Might return to normal if you left it to cool down (then again it's just as likely permanent).

[TdSSPEED]

How to confuse someone thats color blind D:

[hbar45]

LED's fail when you overdose anything.

LED's go EPIC FAIL when you pump 400v into them. It was fun that day...

[didogazeto]

@hbar45 lol tested on 8V and it burned out and start smoking...wonder whats on 4000V LOL xD

[hbar45]

@didogazeto 4kV lolwut? 400 V only man lol. Starting at around those volts, the LED's resin case will instantaneously explode, and the silicon in it is basically gone, like, vaporized lol. IDK what will happen when you start pumping kV's, never mind kV's with huge AMPS

[AcousticBruce]

Do LED's have any resistance?

[Afrotechmods]

@AcousticBruce There are formulas to compute a diode's effective resistance at different currents and temperatures, but for simple projects it's generally faster to just look at the diode's forward voltage drop. (See my video on diodes)

[MrDragonknight94]

@AcousticBruce they are diodes... the only resistance is the tiny cables to connect wich is arround 1 ohm...

depending on what AMP the led can handle you should use a resistance.. about 300ohms or so for ordinary leds

[JohnMinigun]

@AcousticBruce diode has no resistance if it reaches the breaching voltage, voltage only stays on it constantly ...

[LucaTurilli89]

@AcousticBruce everything has resistance. Otherwise it would be a paradox. Dividing by 0 from Ohm's law lol :D.

[germanejfan]

@AcousticBruce

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

[froggythegamer]

i did this in my electronics class lst year, it then blew up nd i got in shit,

[TickyTack23]

The delicious smell of burning LED's

[ms63129]

This also works with red LEDs but in the other direction, some of them will turn yellow or even green with increased current (others just become more red); the changes are due to heat modifying the properties of the semiconductor material (there are various different substances used for the same colors hence the different results).

[plutgamer]

This happened to me once when i forgot the resistor.

Mine blew up!

[XENOFYED]

hahaha this happen to me once, talking 4m experience the wires get really hawt!

[underwatercookie]

The video reminds me of when the Terminator from Terminator 2 dies. :(

[Afrotechmods]

@underwatercookie I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do.

[zomgwtfbbqbagel]

@Afrotechmods So sad D:

[hirofire1994]

@underwatercookie true..lol

[icsgaming]

With enough current you can change an LED into a NED (noise-emitting diode). Single use, of course.

[rocketman221projects]

Now connect it to a MOT!!!!

[crackmaster88]

Like dying terminator :D

[unlokia]

If you do this, be careful, as often the top half of the resin encapsulation of the LED cracks due to stress, and explodes off... and possibly into your face! Believe me, this is coming from a 36 year old electronics engineer who has exploded more electronic components than he can remember! :-P

[DestroyTheseWalls]

i stuck that shit in a 9 volt ahahha

[CassetteMaster]

Tried it myself. Quite interesting.

[matttcoburn]

Im looking for a good camera to film this stuff. The picture quality here is excellent. What kind of cam did you use for this?

[b0gartz]

ofcourse. it will burn and defective permanently

[myno1fakeaccount]

oh noee it tried to stay red so hard, R.I.P.

[papalevies]

I found this the hard way in my first electronics class when I used 15V instead of 5V to power a circuit

[BrookMorrison]

But will it blend?

[fingerboy18]

Does the chemistry of the LED change?

[zenix1717]

IT'S VOODOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[kekejojo1212]

i wonder if the plastic casing around the actual diode can be removed, and if it is, will it still work or does it need to be sealed off from the air? arent some LEDs actually white in color or something, and the color of the LED determined by the color of the plastic casing?

[stevenliang96]

what is the science behind the change in colour?

[jojotjuh]

Ah, I used to do this as a kid all the time =)

[lumabi25]

Try connecting one across a 9V battery. I did that once. Got a bright flash and some nice cracking noises.

[Zemnmez]

So, it's changing colour because the energy per electron is decreasing?

[Desmaad]

I guessing that the red effect comes from incandescence.

[101AOK]

LEDs are expendable...hurt the little buggers...that's an order from the top.

[joshstube]

it would be cool if you could superimpose the power supply readings!

[PhattyMo]

I hate that smell..

[matthewtchernev123]

you increased and decreased the mA

[ronmann606]

I'm confused don't those leds limit current by themselves without a constant current source? Are you increasing voltage to increase current?

[Afrotechmods]

@ronmann606 Yes

[ronmann606]

@dmkitsch For the LEDs I have, super bright 5mm, 10mm, 5W P7, they all limit their current without a resistor. For example my 5mm led draws 20 mA at 3.8V even though its connected to a 2 amp supply. He said hes varying voltage to change the current.

[StoesA]

@ronmann606

you can increase the voltage or you can use a constant current source, you know with a pnp and emittor determines the current, put a pot there and change the current, put your led in the collector branch. make sure your tor has a heatsink

[kiyotewolf]

0:28 "No Prime you can't die!" "Do not grieve, soon I will be one with the Matrix."

[coilsinamotor]

oh christmas tree oh chrsitmas tree how big is your afro! :P

[Forssa1]

Dat delicious smell...

[superdau]

Use an 1A and it will work again! (mostly red with a little bit of magic smoke)

[B1r6m4n]

If you then reduce the current back to normal, does the new color stay permanently changed?

[Afrotechmods]

@B1r6m4n Yes. I did that a few times during the video but it's hard to tell.

[bytebender]

@Afrotechmods dosnt the color change back if the led cools down to ambient temperature?

[b0gartz]

@B1r6m4n it will return to original color but will not emit at max(since led is already defective)

[iiMPR3SSiiON]

LED - Lasting Entire Dynasties, but you managed to kill it in a few seconds only for bringing joy to nerd's faces! I admire you, Afrotech!

[xmaams]

Ha! It's like a traffic light for LEDs.

[Afrotechmods]

@xmaams It's 66% of an RGB LED's functionality for 1/10th the price!

[mitpatterson]

@Afrotechmods except that its permantly changed :D (aka one use of the yellow to red function)

[hanzmole1]

no Led's were hurt in the making of this video. except one

[rong111y]

I wonder what next???

[liquidus2172]

LED execution : (

[VCSandARM]

it will be missed

[maxovitsj]

I love when it dies, its just turns black :D

[tassyrox]

This happened2 me 2.

[Matthewrichey]

how does that work?

[HPaisana]

NICE!