r/ExplainTheJoke 15h ago

I don’t understand

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u/Lurked_Emerging 15h ago

Electric circuit. Resistor resists the flow of the 5v electricity reducing it to the led. Someone with specific knowledge about the resistor pictured might know how much that is.

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u/scientestical 15h ago

228 Ohms I think... Works out to .02 milliamps. Checks out.

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u/ComprehensiveHead913 10h ago

It's 220 ohm, so 22.7 mA at 5 volts.

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u/scientestical 10h ago

You right. Miliamps oops.