Help with 5V Circuit & 3x 100 OHM Resistor LED

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The discussion centers on troubleshooting a 5V circuit involving three 100 OHM resistors in series with an LED. The user initially faced issues with measuring current due to a faulty multimeter fuse and was unsure about the required resistance for the LED. After community input, it was determined that the user had misconfigured the breadboard connections, leading to incorrect voltage readings. Once the connections were corrected, the user successfully measured the expected voltage across the resistor.

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Hello, I need help with this circuit. I didn't post this in the homework section because it isn't homework I'm just doing this for fun.
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http://imgur.com/i5fSX
image isn't working so here's a direct link: http://imgur.com/i5fSX

It is a 5 V input and three 100 OHM resistors in series and one LED. I can't measure current through it because fuse on multimeter died. I'm sure that 5 v is coming in because I tested that and the resistors are 100 +- 5 ohms I tested that too.
I have these leds (http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062588) from radio shack and people on the website say that I need around 300 ohms at 5 volts to run turn them on but nothing.

I hope you guys could help out a circuit noob
 
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You know you have 100Ω resistors, measure the voltage across the resistor, then calculate using:

I=\frac V R
 
Weird, I'm getting zero voltage across the resistor
 
It looks like you are off by one hole in a couple of places. Rows of holes are connected, columns are not.
 
the_emi_guy said:
It looks like you are off by one hole in a couple of places. Rows of holes are connected, columns are not.

Thanks a lot man. Yea this breadboard is different from the one we use in class. I was looking at everything else but it was just this simple fix.
after I measured the voltage now I'm getting 0.1667 like expected :)

thanks all for input
 

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