new to LEDs please help

[zeppelinchld]

i need to know how to wire 2 LEDs into a pedal using a dpdt switch and i want both to come on at the same time

[John Lyons]

Just double the connections.

Wire up both LEDs the same as the single LED. Split the +9v connection to two resistors (usually 4.7K but anything close will work fine) and then from each resistor to the anode of each LED, then connect ground to the LEDs with the switch. When the switch is in the on position both LEDs get ground connected and turn on. So basically all you are doing is adding anoter resistor from +9v to a separate LED.
Make sence?

John

[zeppelinchld]

ya i guess im still kinda confused about which lugs on the dpdt swithc everything connects to.
its a rocker switch if that changes anything.

sorry for being a noob.

[KerryF]

Well you cant hook up true bypass and LED with a DPDT.  You need a 3PDT switch for that.

Heres some great switch diagrams:
http://www.geofex.com/FX_images/stompsw.gif

[John Lyons]

Well...he didn't say he needed true bypass, maybe he only needs SPST and then adding the LEDs for indication...?

Let us know what the switch is for Zep.

John

[zeppelinchld]

what exactly is true bypass?
i seen alot about just dont know what it is

sorry all ive done before is make the beginner pedal

[zeppelinchld]

its for a fuzz face by the way. i read a second ago that it had a different type of millenium bypass

[R.G.]

what exactly is true bypass?

Do yourself a favor, a big leg up. Go read everything at GEO, http://www.geofex.com. It's not all at your level, but a lot f it will start to make sense. You'll save yourself a lot of time and questions.

In this case "The Technology of Bypasses" will tell you about true bypass and the other kinds as well.

Well you cant hook up true bypass and LED with a DPDT.  You need a 3PDT switch for that.

Well you can't hook up true bypass and LED with only a DPDT. You need either a DPDT and the Millenium Bypass or a 3PDT for that.

[aron]

The millennium bypass is great. I've used it a lot -  the first version too.

[Barcode80]

i just wire LEDs in series when i want multiples...