| ??? 03/07/06 16:17 Read: times | #111527 - current limit resistor Responding to: ???'s previous message | 
| Suresh said: i used the 40R to set the current to the lamp load rated 12V / 3.5W. Kai Klass said: Why that?? That makes the lamp for you, automatically! A 12V-lamp is intended to be connected directly to 12V, without any resistors or other current limiting stuff. I thought of using LM 338 that has a current rating of 5A. So i thought of limitting the current, as it is done in case of connecting an led to the o/p of 7805 or 555. suresh. | 




