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Old 11-29-2012   #25
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Originally Posted by geoldr View Post
Yes, I connected the LED to the battery and it works just fine.
what also could be a possibility is that although it's a power line, this one is not capable of doing too much current.

personally i would still use a resistor in between (100-200ohm) because now the led might draw too much current.

also if you have the led connected you might want to measure if voltage drops to zero.
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