What is the value of the resistors in Ohms? I'm curious because I didn't know that LEDs could draw in too much current.

In this example, they are using 68 Ohm Resistors. The full part list can be found here: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/discoveries-projects/robots/Spout-Bot-with-Solder/a/parts-list

How strong of LED lights are they? What would it take to make one of these at home?

I was able to find this article on a homemade LEDs http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-cheap-but-very-powerful-LED-bulbs/. Hope this helps :)

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Course: Electrical engineering > Unit 7

Lesson 1: All about Spout

Spout lights

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Jack McClelland
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What is the value of the resistors in Ohms? I'm curious because I didn't know that LEDs could draw in too much current.
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  In this example, they are using 68 Ohm Resistors. The full part list can be found here: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/discoveries-projects/robots/Spout-Bot-with-Solder/a/parts-list
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How strong of LED lights are they? What would it take to make one of these at home?
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  I was able to find this article on a homemade LEDs http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-cheap-but-very-powerful-LED-bulbs/. Hope this helps :)
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How do you connect all of the wires?
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  you need to take another wire and wrap it aroung each other
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that light and that project is AMAZING!
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are we going to make a robot?
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how much does this cost ?
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how strong a spot light
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you said that you would let us know what is inside but the video stoped
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what material would I need to get ?
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Ok and so you can see here we've got the circuit for our lights and it's a pretty basic circuit. We've got our two AA batteries together they produce 3 volts. The power is running through our switch. Turn the switch on and the lights come on. Notice there's two resistors here - those prevent the LEDs from drawing too much current and burning out. The switch opens and closes and lets the power go through. We'll take a closer look at what is inside the switch.