Is my love of bright LEDs causing pops?

[Toy Sun]

Oh man, think I've been blowing it....

Most folks spec a 2kΩ to 4kΩ (4k7Ω popular) current limiting resistor for LEDs. But I love bright! So I've typically used 300Ω, which is OK per my calculations. Never blown an LED.

But now I'm realizing that maybe this is causing a lot of pops? I got 'em, but didn't really worry about it because of how I use pedals (at home, fooling around). Now thinking about putting  a few on a board and playing out - tracking down my pops.

Do I need to increase my CLRs, in general?

Thanks,
John

[antonis]

Yes, in general..

Or try ultra bright LEDs of low working current..

Or utilize some special LED anti-pop configuration..
(e.g. split CLR and wire a 10μF or so cap between splitted resistors junction and GND..)

[Toy Sun]

Thanks for the quick reply - it's not the hardest fix in the world, I'll try and report back.

[idy]

With ultrabrights I hear people say 10k and I settled on 8.2k.