Your first LED

This was also my first led. Super easy to make, I got all the parts from my local Radioshack.
Its quite bright depending on the amount of solar energy provided!

Step 1 Materials

There is a question that must be faced before starting:
What led color do you want - I chose red. as long as the led has a positive and a negative wire out the end, it works.
Solar, or battery power - I chose solar just to test it. If you can find a good battery pack that packs enough volts without breaking the LED and has a positive and negative wire, You're safe.

Once you faced these questions, you can get these parts, and start building

Comments

[sauwen]

Seems careless without a resistor unless you know for sure the output of the solar panel won't fry your LED.

[94todd]

i have bought those kind of LED's before from radio shack, i believe that they come with a resistor built in

[9mvp9]

I am new to this! Lol. I am working on a better version

[freethetech]

I can't believe I forgot to mention that! Yeah, even just a 500 Ohm resistor would do you good for an LED. I generally use 1k volts, but vary depending on the project.

[freethetech]

Welcome to the world of electronics! You're next job is to wire the solar panel to a battery so that you can use it at nighttime! What's the point of an LED if it's bright out? Good luck!

[9mvp9]

yeah. I was thinking about doing that. Good point also.