Merging Dollar Store Led String Lights

I'm working on a little project and I need to merge 2 different color micro led string lights together. They are both powered by 2 AAA battery packs, but I only want to use one. So I was wondering how I would go about doing this? Will I need to use a resistor?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What color are the lights your trying to connect together?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They are orange and purple micro led lights

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    you can just wire them in parrallel, but no matter what they're going to be much dimmer (or die faster) due to twice as many leds to power.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is there a way to maintain the brightness of the led string lights?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Put the battery packs in series.
        Batteries in series increase voltage, batteries in parallel increase amperage. Voltage carries amps. You can think of it literally. The higher voltage the faster the amps can "get to" the lights.
        Your amps will remain the same but move faster through the wires.
        Having said all of that. The faster the amps move the wires may heat up. I would also put a fuse in line. They are dollar store lights so your idea may not work because the wires may only be able to handle what they were made for.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Put the battery packs in series.
        Batteries in series increase voltage, batteries in parallel increase amperage. Voltage carries amps. You can think of it literally. The higher voltage the faster the amps can "get to" the lights.
        Your amps will remain the same but move faster through the wires.
        Having said all of that. The faster the amps move the wires may heat up. I would also put a fuse in line. They are dollar store lights so your idea may not work because the wires may only be able to handle what they were made for.

        You could always just leave them and use one of these. Not sure what kind of project it is.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It's for a Halloween village I'm trying to spruce up. I would also like to add some type of motion sensor to them

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Show Halloween village

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Thanks to everyone for your advice it came out amazing.Here's a pic of the our Halloween village castle graveyard.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          thank you my home theater will be improved by this going to add a variable transformer and a couple wooden dowels with screws in them

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            cool story bro don't ever tell it again (-_-)

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Try switching to BBB batteries.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Isn't that a big ass battery lol

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            No, a big ass battery is BAB.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I = V/R
    V = IR
    R = V/I

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