voltage divider doubt

karthikeid

Dec 7, 2008
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hi

i have posted a circuit wch is a voltade divider in this wat must be the wattage of the resistor?? the load is the 4leds in parallel.
tell me the calculation too.

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Hero999

Oct 28, 2007
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R2 isn't needed because LEDs need a constant current not a constant voltage.

Use the normal LED resistor formula which can be found using Google and calculate the power dissipation in the resistor using Ohm's law P = I2R

 
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