wiring LEDs

[Cat 4 Life]

I have a set of LEDs for for putting around my bike and it sort of came as a kit already put together (I mean wired). The switch already has wires and fuse to go to the battery and 2 sets of wires coming out to hook up the LEDs to.

I want to lengthen the wire from the swith to the battery BUT the "stock" wire is 20 gauge and all I have is 22 gauge or 16 which I think is too large, so would using the 22 gauge in the middle of the 20 gauge cause any problems i.e voltage overload on the smaller wire?

eg) [switch]---(20)----(22) ----(20)---fuse---(20) ---battery

the numbers signaling the way it would be wired according to wire gauge.

Thanks

[Cheriff]

You might want to wait for other answers to add to this one, but I really don't think it will matter. LED's draw so little power that I think it will be fine.

[Erki]

Thats what I was thinking as well. The amount of power required to light up an LED isn't even enough to light up a test light.

[Sin]

pffff wire as many as you want on even a 22 or 26 gauge wire a single 5mm led only pulls like .06 of a watt so you look at 200 leds to make 12 watts with is half what a turn signal bulbs is most of them are 23w and there only on 18 gauges

[Sasquatch]

your fine with that. I have 96 LED's wired on my bike, on a 1 amp fuse, and its fine.

LED's use little power as Sin stated.

[Black_peter]

LED's use little power as Sin stated.

But the resistors do. So don't forget to factor that in.

[Erki]

This is true and if they are like my lights the resisters are pre wired into the lights.

[Cat 4 Life]

ok...... and I do have 22 gauge wire if you go to your local electronics store you should be able to find wire smaller than 18 gauge.

Thanks again