Hi in my car i have an LED setup (the purpose isnt really relevant). The LED works fine for 5 mins but after that they stop working.
The positve leg has a 510 ohm resistor on it and is then connected to a 12V power supply.
The negative leg is attached to a wire which goes to negative under certain conditions, all other times it is 12V+. I added a diode to this wire but that still did not help.
My theory is that perhaps the 12V wired to the negative leg is too much for the LED, it is rated at 5V max reverse DC voltage. If this is the case then how do i fix this?
Any help would be very much appreciated!!!
Thanks
The positve leg has a 510 ohm resistor on it and is then connected to a 12V power supply.
The negative leg is attached to a wire which goes to negative under certain conditions, all other times it is 12V+. I added a diode to this wire but that still did not help.
My theory is that perhaps the 12V wired to the negative leg is too much for the LED, it is rated at 5V max reverse DC voltage. If this is the case then how do i fix this?
Any help would be very much appreciated!!!
Thanks