Before my brother passed away, he bought 18 3W LED par cans from China really cheap. go figure, lol
Anyhow, after having them running for around 2 hours full on, the R, B, or G set didn't display. I took the can apart, to notice that the resistor must of gotten so hot, it melted the solder and disconnected. So I re soldered it and the same thing happened. I looked at the resistor and it says YAHE 5W10ΩJ.
There is 12 LED's of each RBG, 1 resistor for each color. Even if it is wired in both series and parallel, wouldn't I still need a even number for the wattage unlike the odd number of 5??
I was wondering if i replaced the resistor with a higher wattage... maybe a 6 or higher or replacing it with a aluminum heatsink type resistor.
Any thoughts would be appreicated greatly! BTW, they are bright, so I would like to keep them, instead of selling them.
Anyhow, after having them running for around 2 hours full on, the R, B, or G set didn't display. I took the can apart, to notice that the resistor must of gotten so hot, it melted the solder and disconnected. So I re soldered it and the same thing happened. I looked at the resistor and it says YAHE 5W10ΩJ.
There is 12 LED's of each RBG, 1 resistor for each color. Even if it is wired in both series and parallel, wouldn't I still need a even number for the wattage unlike the odd number of 5??
I was wondering if i replaced the resistor with a higher wattage... maybe a 6 or higher or replacing it with a aluminum heatsink type resistor.
Any thoughts would be appreicated greatly! BTW, they are bright, so I would like to keep them, instead of selling them.