Thread: (Off Season) Blinking LED Problems
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Re: (Off Season) Blinking LED Problems
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Originally Posted by Alex698
I am having a problem with some LED's that I am using for a backlight (they draw less power for my project). The LED's are powered by a 5V regulator then into a 10 ohm resistor then paralleled together with a common ground. The LED's work fine for about seven hours then they begin to blink (fail). Any ideas or solutions?
What is the regulator powered by? you may wish to hook a multimeter to the LED leads and see if it is the LEDs which are doing this or if it is your power supply ( the regulator needs a heat sink?).

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