Thread: 1 Watt LED = 1 Watt Halogen??
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Old 11-19-04 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bkrownd
That's what I'm talking about - without knowing what that circuit does we don't know how it behaves under BATTERY power in normal operation.
If you connect a power supply directly across an LED then OF COURSE it's going to eat a lot of power if you overvoltage it.
You're operating the device out-of-spec.
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Cateye told me it's designed for 6V, how am I overvolting it by providing the head 6V?
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