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leds.want to make a stop turn brake light.about 20 or 25 bulbs.

how much power will it take to light the bulbs?does a resistor need to go in front of each bulb?

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Sep 29, 2010. 11:02 PMilluminatis says:
how much are you looking to spend? I wanted to do this too, and found the easier way (and cheaper) was to buy them premade. I used this site:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2F1157.htm
Sep 29, 2010. 7:11 PMorksecurity says:
Resistor: In general, yes.

Power: Look at the specs of the LEDs you want to use. That will tell you how many amps they will draw (given the opportunity).

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