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Re: Relay to control 2 outputs

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 View Post
forget that, he has a conductive loop shorted across the battery (at the far right)!
Yikes! You're right. I stopped looking when I saw the shorted Zener.

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All that is missing is a resistor
That's a pretty big "all". I mentioned the resistor in my earlier post... but whether or not a resistor/Zener circuit even makes sense for this application depends on the current draw for that long chain of LEDs.


Micah, do you understand what we're saying ?



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