Showing posts with label LED's. Show all posts
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Novalyte LED's and Transformers

The average 12 volt miniature light bulb is 60 mA (milliamps). LEDs take less, with 1 LED being 35 mA and 4 LEDs being 70 mA (or almost the equivalent to one miniature bulb). The more LEDs on a line, the less power each individual LED takes. I’ve provided the charts below for reference.

Novalyte Lamps:

1 light strip, can light, or tab = 35mA
2 light strip = 35mA
3 light strip = 45mA
4 light strip = 70mA

Cir-Kit Transformers (mA as reported by Cir-Kit Concepts):

CK1009A = 10 watts (1,000mA)
CK1009B = 5 watts (500mA)
CK1009D = 40 watts (4,000mA)
CK1009C = 20 watts (2,000mA)
CK1009F = 3 watts (300mA)

To determine transformer requirement:
Combine total number of mA in each lamp that will be on one transformer

Example if you were to use 5 of the 4 light Novalyte LED lamps (5 lamps x 70mA = 350mA) you would require the 5W transformer (500mA) or Cir-Kit model CK1009B.