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Re: Turning LEDs on/off

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Originally Posted by flameout View Post
For anyone who reads this thread in the future:

Reversing polarity on a LED will not damage the LED
Only reason I said that is because I actually did make one pop when I wired it backwards.

And like flameout said it won't hurt the sidecar or the LED at that voltage. An LED is a diode so it only lets current through in one direction and also happens to light up.
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