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last updated Nov 20, 2004

White LEDs : light up your garden :-)
Parts list :

5 White leds 18V transformer  wires
 gardening bricks tools : drill and masonry drill bit

4 items :-) and my wife loves the ideas :-)

Well, this is mega-easy. Each white led requires 3.6V and 5 of them need a total of 18V. There is no need for resistor at all :-)

You do need to drill all these holes : masonry drill bit 3/16" and then enlarge the hole with 1/4" drill

Treat these brick as cement : I learnt the lesson already, one of my HSS drill bit was gone for good :-(
 

 

These 5 white leds are connected in series. Hock up to 18V trnasformer.
My transformer can pump up to 1.7A, pretty sufficient for these leds ( each white leds requires 20mA only)
That's it :-)

My indoor garden !!

If you want to put them outside, make sure you insulate them well against water. "Short circuit" will probably burn your transformer !!
 

Basic concept :
Circuits quoted from :
http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/joule.htm
http://edusite10.tripod.com/led3/onetran/single_tran.html

9V battery with white leds

Constant Current Circuit @ 20mA for White led


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