NWCanuck
Tip&Ring
I am looking for some input on wiring an LED indicator to this 4 switch control panel for a section of my layout that I made. I have wired 4 DPDT micro switches together on one panel. The 5th switch is just an ON/OFF for the whole panel, I would like to be able to turn the power off to this panel. The blue lead is the positive side and the yellow is the negative side.
My question is, that I want to wire in a green LED to show me when the power to the panel in ON. The current configuration or wiring that I have will do this, but my problem is that I have the LED inline with the current flow to switches. The LED is protected with a 470 Ohm resistor (under the black heat shrink), but I worry that this will take away from the overall voltage to the switches. And can the LED handle the current flow to 4 switches? (Note the excessive length on the black and red wires are only temporary)
Is there another way to put the LED on this circuit to indicate power ON, without taking away from the overall power to the switch motors?
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My question is, that I want to wire in a green LED to show me when the power to the panel in ON. The current configuration or wiring that I have will do this, but my problem is that I have the LED inline with the current flow to switches. The LED is protected with a 470 Ohm resistor (under the black heat shrink), but I worry that this will take away from the overall voltage to the switches. And can the LED handle the current flow to 4 switches? (Note the excessive length on the black and red wires are only temporary)
Is there another way to put the LED on this circuit to indicate power ON, without taking away from the overall power to the switch motors?
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