I'm trying to wire up I'm thinking 603 leds for headlights. These leds came from China and had a resistor already attached but burnt out after turning on function 0. I am using Loksound Select Micro and am trying to find out what kind of resistors I need to use. Smaller size would be nice but I know nothing about them. Like, nothing at all.
There are a number of nice, lengthy explanations on the web, honed and improved over the years. Google is your friend. Other recommendation, be sure to use a LED resistor "calculator" that also checks wattage needed. Greg
I use 1/4 watt resistors on my led lights. You can get assortment packs of 100's of resistors for a few bucks on eBay. I've used 1K to 10k resistors on LEDs in my locos, but you'll want to use an online resistor calculator. A trick I started to use is to solder up some variable resistor tester. I adjust them until I'm happy with the brightness, check the resistance, and then use a fixed resistor. Here's a few links, but they are all over Amazon and eBay. I think I have literally 1000's of resistors and LED's around the house with about $20 total investment. Variable: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Blue-...181677?hash=item41c5d89cad:g:g-UAAOSwtGlZJVbf Fixed: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-300Pcs-...358853&hash=item3ade23c386:g:VR8AAOSwax5YoQ~D
LED's and light bulbs. http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn1/Lights_in_DCC.htm On line calculator. There are many. https://www.digikey.com/en/resource...r?&WT.srch=1&gclid=CIi89OG63NQCFUg9gQodykAJyw Rich
Thank you for all of your help. I've ordered some 1k and 2k resistors and will mess around with them once they arrive.
