how to make LED DIMMER...yes DIMMER!

[tommyortom]

i have this LED for my car alarm that flashes and it is ridiculously bright....too bright then i would like. i took it apart and saw that its just wired with a resistor on the pos wire. if i add another resistor, will it dim it at all?

[rabidpanda69]

Should, or you could try replacing the current resistor with a different one

[Big Joe]

^ :stupid:

[nice96gt]

:stupid: me too :D

[LordNor]

You could put a variable resister in line and beable to change the brightness of it.

[Matt95GT]

Either or will work. More resistance will limit the current, making it dimmer.

[Dave C]

I put a lot of resistance for my amp(/subs) power indicator LED, but it didn't change much... so I ended up putting vinyl over it. For the vinyl, I used a paper-puncher to get a circle piece then carefully formed it to the bulb.

Resistance is probably easier, and I just didn't put enough on, but I didn't want to bother with getting more resistors when the vinyl was just sitting there.

[magyver]

word, what he said, or just use some of the same color majik marker