so I've recently begun my venture into electrical engineering, just got myself a breadboard with some jumper cables, a pack of assorted LED's and a few 200 ohm resistors.
I'm trying to understand how to further limit voltage to my LED using a 9V battery and multiple 200 ohm resistors but I've come up with the following question / problem.
Judging from this image: can you please tell me if this is wired properly? I have 7 200 ohm resistors connected in this circuit and it doesn't appear to be dimming the LED at all. When I take away 3-4 resistors, it's still just as bright. @ 1400 ohms, I figured the LED's would be significantly dimmer but alas they're not.
The specification of the LED i'm trying to power with my 9V battery is, Green, 2.9-3.1V with a forward voltage of 20mA
Anyhow, I'm having a heck of a time tying to wrap my head around this and figure it's something small I'm missing. When I touch all 7 resistors connected to this circuit, I can definitely feel a significant amount of heat coming off of them.
Would anyone be able to assist me with this issue I'm having? any advise or criticism is appreciated.
Thanks all.