finleyville
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If this question needs to be moved or removed I'll understand.
I have relocated my motorcycle license plate and the stock plate light assembly will not fit. So I thought of lighting the plate with superbright LED's. Looking through Newark's catalog (Mouser and Digikey didn't have the right voltages or sizes) I found a LED that is rated for 12VDC (part # 35C0866). However, the current is listed as "DC Iopr 20mA." Now the stock light bulb was 8W. So I figure the current to the bulb was approx. .67A. Is this way too high? Will I destroy the LED's if I try this? Also I planned on connecting three LED's in parallell to the stock wiring. Since I have forgotten all my formulas, I cannot figure out how this would affect the lights. The LED's also come in 24VDC/20mA configurations. Would this be any better? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I have relocated my motorcycle license plate and the stock plate light assembly will not fit. So I thought of lighting the plate with superbright LED's. Looking through Newark's catalog (Mouser and Digikey didn't have the right voltages or sizes) I found a LED that is rated for 12VDC (part # 35C0866). However, the current is listed as "DC Iopr 20mA." Now the stock light bulb was 8W. So I figure the current to the bulb was approx. .67A. Is this way too high? Will I destroy the LED's if I try this? Also I planned on connecting three LED's in parallell to the stock wiring. Since I have forgotten all my formulas, I cannot figure out how this would affect the lights. The LED's also come in 24VDC/20mA configurations. Would this be any better? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.