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Hi everyone.
I should start by saying I'm not sure I'm in the right place here (this isn't a householder issue - I'm making a Ghostbusters backpack for my son!), and that I have no knowledge at all of electrical circuits.
I have a simple circuit with 3aaa batteries powering a string of static LEDs of differing colours (in series, if I've got my lingo correct). I want to add a candle flicker LED to the circuit. It can be added to the end of the 'chain' if that'd work best, doesn't really matter.
Naively, I thought if I just spurred off from one of the static LEDS it'd work without affecting the other LEDs because their power would be unaffected. But of course that hasn't worked (regardless of where in the series I add it), and it makes all the other LEDs flicker too!
What do I need to do to stop that happening please?
I'd be really grateful for any (very cheap!) solutions.
Thanks in advance.
Mark
I should start by saying I'm not sure I'm in the right place here (this isn't a householder issue - I'm making a Ghostbusters backpack for my son!), and that I have no knowledge at all of electrical circuits.
I have a simple circuit with 3aaa batteries powering a string of static LEDs of differing colours (in series, if I've got my lingo correct). I want to add a candle flicker LED to the circuit. It can be added to the end of the 'chain' if that'd work best, doesn't really matter.
Naively, I thought if I just spurred off from one of the static LEDS it'd work without affecting the other LEDs because their power would be unaffected. But of course that hasn't worked (regardless of where in the series I add it), and it makes all the other LEDs flicker too!
What do I need to do to stop that happening please?
I'd be really grateful for any (very cheap!) solutions.
Thanks in advance.
Mark