Re: 120 volt LED design

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:37:43 -0800 (PST), the renowned
Blake180@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Is it possible that I can add an LED in series with a 120 Volt AC
circuit, this will light up to indicate that I have power when a load
is connected. This LED will have to handle 15 amp load

No, that's not realistically possible unless you want to spend
hundreds of dollars minimum and light up the room.

A small metal core toroidal current transformer (run a wire through
the core for the primary) can be used.



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