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Uploaded by on Jul 6, 2008

LED connected directly to the 5v rail of a computer power supply. Boom!

This is why you should always use resistors! This was the 2nd attempt... the first LED was quite boring. Some are violent, some are not... if you want to try this, at least have some eye protection!

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  • 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.

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

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

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

  • poor LED. r.i.p.

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  • PLEASE repost this WITH the sound in place!

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

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

  • Try and revive it with the defibrillator.

  • Fucking Gay Video. Im A Troll.

  • @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.

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

  • I have some LEDs that survived 5volts

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

  • I have a better use to led's than that

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