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im making a circuit useing 30 or less LED lights and I only have 4 9V batteries. I was wondering if 36V will be enough?

im making a portable circuit useing 30 or less LED lights and I only have 4 9V batteries. I was wondering if 36V will be enough and if not how could I amplify the power. I thought about a quad-opp-amp IC but Im not sure how to use it. Im using blue,red,yellow.green,UV,white,and maybe pink

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Jun 26, 2009. 6:25 AMkeydogstony says:
9v would be enough. 30 Leds is not really that many. Depends on how long you want it to work. You could wire the 4 9v batteries in parallel for longer up time.
This is a nice source for a wiring diagram.
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
Jun 26, 2009. 12:00 PMrickharris says:
http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz This site will solve all your problems.

Jun 26, 2009. 12:05 PMrickharris says:
You could do it with 6 volts - see series parallel part of that site to work out how for you.

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