Aircraft LED reading light having a plurality of illuminating LED's and in operation providing a desired light intensity for a set supply current, the aircraft LED reading light comprising: two power supply terminals, a coding device coupled between the two power supply terminals and indicative of the set supply current, and at least one lighting strand coupled between the two power supply terminals, whereby the at least one lighting strand is either a single lighting strand comprising the plurality of illuminating LEDs or a plurality of lighting strands each comprising at least one illuminating LED of said plurality of illuminating LEDs, wherein the two power supply terminals are connectable to a power supply, which is configured to supply the set supply current on the basis of the coding device indicating which value the set supply current should have, for receiving the set supply current, and wherein the illuminating LED's are distributed among the at least one lighting strand and connected such that they jointly provide the desired light intensity for the set supply current, characterized in that the at least one lighting strand is in direct connection with the two power supply terminals and that each of the at least one lighting strand further comprises a plurality of voltage drop diodes (41, 42, 43) connected in series, with the plurality of voltage drop diodes in operation not contributing to the desired light intensity, wherein each of the at least one lighting strand consists of a pure series connection, the pure series connection comprising said plurality of voltage drop diodes and said at least one of the illuminating LED's, and wherein each of the at least one lighting strand is configured to have a desired lighting strand voltage drop when the aircraft LED reading light is in operation supplied with the set supply current, with each lighting strand having such a number of voltage drop diodes that the lighting strand has the desired lighting strand voltage drop. two power supply terminals, a coding device coupled between the two power supply terminals and indicative of the set supply current, and at least one lighting strand coupled between the two power supply terminals, whereby the at least one lighting strand is either a single lighting strand comprising the plurality of illuminating LEDs or a plurality of lighting strands each comprising at least one illuminating LED of said plurality of illuminating LEDs, wherein the two power supply terminals are connectable to a power supply, which is configured to supply the set supply current on the basis of the coding device indicating which value the set supply current should have, for receiving the set supply current, and wherein the illuminating LED's are distributed among the at least one lighting strand and connected such that they jointly provide the desired light intensity for the set supply current, characterized in that the at least one lighting strand is in direct connection with the two power supply terminals and that each of the at least one lighting strand further comprises a plurality of voltage drop diodes (41, 42, 43) connected in series, with the plurality of voltage drop diodes in operation not contributing to the desired light intensity, wherein each of the at least one lighting strand consists of a pure series connection, the pure series connection comprising said plurality of voltage drop diodes and said at least one of the illuminating LED's, and wherein each of the at least one lighting strand is configured to have a desired lighting strand voltage drop when the aircraft LED reading light is in operation supplied with the set supply current, with each lighting strand having such a number of voltage drop diodes that the lighting strand has the desired lighting strand voltage drop.