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LED-s are not bright

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you have them attached to the red and black leads on your molex connector which is only 9v

they need to be attached to the yellow and black leads which is 12V

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So i put a LED track thingy or how is it called , but they are not bright enough , i put them on a molex using only 2 pins since there are only 2 wires for the LED-s
( please ignore the mouse my broke yesterday)

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you have them attached to the red and black leads on your molex connector which is only 9v

they need to be attached to the yellow and black leads which is 12V

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how much brighter will they be ? 

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See the difference?

 

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these are RGB LED's but it proves the point.

Travis

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wow... i have got to get a phone with a better camera

Travis

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will try that now :D thanks 

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you have them attached to the red and black leads on your molex connector which is only 9v

they need to be attached to the yellow and black leads which is 12V

thank you it worked :D 

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you have them attached to the red and black leads on your molex connector which is only 9v

they need to be attached to the yellow and black leads which is 12V

Red is 5v

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