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    Hi, everyone. I wish to wire up the red and blue into a duel phase saber. I'm having a hard time figuring out the specks of this LED. I'm wanting to get resistors for red and the blue; are they the same values as a luxeon or P4 red and blue, or are they different? For example would the forward voltage of the blue be 3.4v and the red 2.4v? I'll be running off a 3.7v lith-ion; should I calculate the resistors for both colours with the same forward current (i.e. 1000mA or 700mA) or calculate for each colour specifically (i.e. blue at 1000mA or red at 700mA)? Any help in figuring what resistors I'll need for each colour would be greatly appreciated.
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    Last edited by Waisulee; 04-07-2014 at 10:20 AM.
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    What brand of LED is it? Where did you get it from?
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    If you don't know anything about the LED, the appropriate method of determining the specs involves a benchtop power supply.

    http://youtu.be/S5IICsTwTYE is a video from Erv detailing how to do so.
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    http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
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    Just edited my original post. Not sure of the brand. Was gutted from an old handle. The green has been blown lol.
    Last edited by Waisulee; 04-07-2014 at 10:25 AM.
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