Wayne, I do not believe it is useful to consider LEDs and diodes as having resistance...
I would consider them as having a .7 Volt drop across the standard diodes and a 1.5 Volt drop across the LEDs. These are approximations of course but should work well enough. Just subtract the voltage drop from the total voltage. For 36 VDC with 2 diodes (active at one time in the diode bridge) and one LED, you have .7 +.7 +.1.5 = 2.9 V dropped. So 36V - 2.9V = 33.1 Volts acting on the rest of the circuit... Dan -----Original Message----- From: CWFugitt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Electrode Spacing Question "The LED has some forward resistance but I have not bothered calculating it. Also, in my generator, even though it is a totally DC unit, I have a full wave bridge to handle polarity uniformity, in case the input is reversed due to building wiring. I have seen it happen. These diodes in the bridge also have some resistance. These add to the resistance of the batch, which is changing. All the other resistances should remain near constant." -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
