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Sharon24
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i want to put in my aquarium LED lighting 

i found that the CAR led modules will fit except they running at 12v

there any way to run them from 5v without voltage buck boost? or 12v battery? 

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Not really, no. It's highly unlikely that the LEDs would have such a large range of operating voltages. LEDs can have it, sure, but if it's a proprietary unit, they've probably opted for the cheaper LEDs with narrower range. Why not just get a 12V AC/DC adapter for it?

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when i finished to write this post i remembered that i have old 12v 1a( or 2a) from router

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now i just build 12v hub 

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5 hours ago, Sharon24 said:

i want to put in my aquarium LED lighting 

i found that the CAR led modules will fit except they running at 12v

there any way to run them from 5v without voltage buck boost? or 12v battery? 

If it is a must they run at 5V there are 5V based LED strips that are mainly used for plug in USB type connections. 

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3 hours ago, W-L said:

If it is a must they run at 5V there are 5V based LED strips that are mainly used for plug in USB type connections. 

just checked them they good but not what i need

 

this better:

 

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