LEDs connected to Solenoid Breakout. It's illegal, but why?

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LEDs connected to Solenoid Breakout. It's illegal, but why?

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01-02-2012, 13:34

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Re: LEDs connected to Solenoid Breakout. It's illegal, but why?

A Spike may be bulkier, but you could use one spike to switch two banks of LEDs by wiring each motor output to the positive side of the LED and running the common directly back to the PDB.

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