[Vwdiesel] glow plugs
    Roger Brown 
    r.c.brown at ieee.org
       
    Mon Dec 20 14:23:50 EST 2004
    
    
  
Gerry Wolfe wrote:
> 
> I'm assuming that the sequence would be busbar ==> fuse ==> LED+ and then
> LED- ==> ground (prob'ly a dumb question, but one that could prevent grief
> if screwed up... a 50/50 chance in my case!)
That is the gneral idea, yes.  You have power at the glow plug bus, ground wherever, LED or light in between.  For an LED, make
sure to get a 12V LED (has an internal ballast resistor) or if using a discrete LED, about 500-750 ohm ressitor in series to
limit the current to ~20mA or so.
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   Roger
    
    
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