Re: Best way to power array of LEDs?

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From: Sylvan Butler
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:59

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:02:35 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
> John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes:
> 
>>>>Let's have a competition to see how unbearably complicated we can make
>>>>the task of feeding 36 LEDs from a car battery.
>>>
>>>Dynamotor to get higher voltage; then ballast tube regulation..
> 
>>That only two extra parts. We already had 'solutions' with 30 or so.
> 
> My solution has 0.1% efficiency, takes up lots of space, weights a
> ton, and makes lots of noise. What else could you want?

Big sparks and lots of smoke.

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