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FrozenGate by Avery
AAA vs AA
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Jase touch on it pretty good but there's a bit more.
While aa and aaa have the same voltage, no load, the aa's will output more current because they have lower internal resistance. This is why a couple of my red's have no resistor using aaa's. If I put in aa's ---- POOF --- behold a weak LED :-(.
When building RED's with DVD LD's, you need to "characterize" it and draw your series circuit including all resistances, voltage drops and cell impedances. Even then, there's a big GULP when you push the button. !!!
Mike
While aa and aaa have the same voltage, no load, the aa's will output more current because they have lower internal resistance. This is why a couple of my red's have no resistor using aaa's. If I put in aa's ---- POOF --- behold a weak LED :-(.
When building RED's with DVD LD's, you need to "characterize" it and draw your series circuit including all resistances, voltage drops and cell impedances. Even then, there's a big GULP when you push the button. !!!
Mike
