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Peter Mortensen
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I understand why you are having a tough time here. anAn LED is not like a resistor/heat lamp per se. anAn LED is like any other diode, except in the forward conducting mode as the electrons flow through the junction they cause the atoms to shake at a specific frequency, and not just randomly like a normal conductor. thisThis shaking causes light.

Think of them as a whistle. oneOne note, one amplitude. (muchMuch like a blade of grass held between your thumbs.)  --- and that takes energy. If you force totoo much air, because of a higher pressure (voltage), you will blow out the reed that is making the vibrations.

I understand why you are having a tough time here. an LED is not like a resistor/heat lamp per se. an LED is like any other diode, except in the forward conducting mode as the electrons flow through the junction they cause the atoms to shake at a specific frequency, and not just randomly like a normal conductor. this shaking causes light.

Think of them as a whistle. one note one amplitude. (much like a blade of grass held between your thumbs)--- and that takes energy. If you force to much air, because of a higher pressure (voltage) you will blow out the reed that is making the vibrations.

I understand why you are having a tough time here. An LED is not like a resistor/heat lamp per se. An LED is like any other diode, except in the forward conducting mode as the electrons flow through the junction they cause the atoms to shake at a specific frequency, and not just randomly like a normal conductor. This shaking causes light.

Think of them as a whistle. One note, one amplitude. (Much like a blade of grass held between your thumbs.)  --- and that takes energy. If you force too much air, because of a higher pressure (voltage), you will blow out the reed that is making the vibrations.

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I understand why you are having a tough time here. an LED is not like a resistor/heat lamp per se. an LED is like any other diode, except in the forward conducting mode as the electrons flow through the junction they cause the atoms to shake at a specific frequency, and not just randomly like a normal conductor. this shaking causes light.

Think of them as a whistle. one note one amplitude. (much like a blade of grass held between your thumbs)--- and that takes energy. If you force to much air, because of a higher pressure (voltage) you will blow out the reed that is making the vibrations.