Hoe can I dim an LED? As it is too bright.

[shadaboot27]

Hi, I'm currently modding my PS1 console. I have relocated the power light to the right side of the console, all I have done is connect wires to the positive and negative of where the original LED once was to extend the LED to a different place (pretty basic & simple mod). But I have also added a second LED next to it that is being powered from a different location on the power board. The second LED that I have added is much brighter than the other one, probably because it is getting a bit more voltage than the other, but I want them to be the same brightness. Does anyone know how I can dim the LED down a bit? I'm a bit of a noob to this stuff really so I'd really appreciate your help.

You can just about see from this video how much brighter the one on the right is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q06tlKG1XsM&feature=youtu.be

Here is a picture of where the brighter LED is being powered from:





And the other one is being powered from here:




The LED being powered from the original power LED location is getting 2.8 volts and the Brighter one is getting 3.5 volts. Do I just need a resistor or something?

I would really appreciate some help.

Thanks.

 

[grossaffe]

if the second LED is only gonna be on when the Power LED is on, why not solder it in parallel to the Power LED?

 

[shadaboot27]

Do you mean solder it on to the same power source as the power light? If so I tried that, but the power led is only putting out 2.8 volts which isn't enough to power two LED's

 

[vskid3]

Try it in parallel? + sides together and - sides together.

 

[shadaboot27]

Okay thanks for the reply's I'll give that a try tomorrow. If that doesn't work would it be possible to put some kind of dim switch into the circuit? Then set it to the brightness I want and just hide the switch inside the console?

Thanks.