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Uploaded by on Aug 28, 2011

Normally rated for 20mA. When 100mA is flowing it turns from green to yellow. At 150mA, it slowly and permanently turns yellowy-orange. At 200+mA it permanently turns red and soon fails.

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  • @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)

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  • terminator .....

    

  • You let the magic blue smoke out!

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

  • I'm in ur LED alterin ur quantum well

  • @viciokas1993 /watch?v=wdX8y_xkz14

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

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

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

  • red my ass...

  • You broke it!

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