Trying to replace LED’s in my Halloween inflatables. Whenever I touch the bare wires coming out of the fan (that previously connected to the dim LED’s) to the new LED, the fan shuts off. What’s going on here? Submitted by boeckman t3_ydkq0f on October 26, 2022 at 12:54 AM in DIY 13 comments 26
SmolderingLog t1_itstlnj wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:15 AM The D in LED stands for diode, which is a directional shunt. Try reversing the leads. Permalink 2 boeckman OP t1_itsu9l6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:20 AM I did - one way the light comes on and the fan goes off. Reversing them, the light stays off and the fan stays on. Permalink Parent 2 [deleted] t1_itsuieo wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:22 AM [deleted] Permalink Parent 15
boeckman OP t1_itsu9l6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:20 AM I did - one way the light comes on and the fan goes off. Reversing them, the light stays off and the fan stays on. Permalink Parent 2 [deleted] t1_itsuieo wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:22 AM [deleted] Permalink Parent 15
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