johnj;590359 said:imeasured the bulb and its 3ohms..measured the led socket and its 8kohms...hence the error...if I juct connect a bulb like what someone posted, the problem is solved but bear in mund that the bulb gets hot and in an enclosed enviroment with plastic, it's dangerous. I'm opting for resistor..
John, did you measure the resistance with the bulb removed from it socket? Sorry to ask you this silly question cos the resistance of a 5W bulb should be higher.
3 ohms is like for 50Watt bulb.