jeffwhiteis
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- Location
- Myrtle Beach, SC
I built a snowflake out of wood and wanted to run LED Christmas lights
through it. So I drilled 102 holes and bought 2 strand of Christmas lights, one
was a 100 count strand and the other was a 50 count strand.
I snipped off 102 lights and crimped both wires coming out of them. I want
to wire them all together with a plug on the end. I know how to properly splice
and wire them all together but the issue I am having is what resistor to use to
keep the voltage down so they don't burn out.
Now, the 100 count strand of Christmas led lights says it is 7.92 watts and
0.066 Amps. I figured with the 2 additional lights (102 total) I am at 8.0784
Watts and 0.06732 Amps. At 120 Volts, the OHM calculator says it is 1782.53119
OHMS.
This is where I get confused, lol.
Now, there was a resistor on the 100 strand lights, so I was wondering with
just 2 additional lights (102 total instead of 100), cant I just use that
resistor? Or will they burn out? Also, how do I wire in the resistor? The
resistor on the Christmas lights is sealed but has a wire coming out of both
ends. Do I need to hook that up to the power or negative wire near the plug?
Or somewhere in the middle, at the end?
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you can provide.
Thanks!!
through it. So I drilled 102 holes and bought 2 strand of Christmas lights, one
was a 100 count strand and the other was a 50 count strand.
I snipped off 102 lights and crimped both wires coming out of them. I want
to wire them all together with a plug on the end. I know how to properly splice
and wire them all together but the issue I am having is what resistor to use to
keep the voltage down so they don't burn out.
Now, the 100 count strand of Christmas led lights says it is 7.92 watts and
0.066 Amps. I figured with the 2 additional lights (102 total) I am at 8.0784
Watts and 0.06732 Amps. At 120 Volts, the OHM calculator says it is 1782.53119
OHMS.
This is where I get confused, lol.
Now, there was a resistor on the 100 strand lights, so I was wondering with
just 2 additional lights (102 total instead of 100), cant I just use that
resistor? Or will they burn out? Also, how do I wire in the resistor? The
resistor on the Christmas lights is sealed but has a wire coming out of both
ends. Do I need to hook that up to the power or negative wire near the plug?
Or somewhere in the middle, at the end?
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you can provide.
Thanks!!
