Re: LED at 60 HZ? (was RE: Radio Shack Strobes)

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


You could also use a lot less diodes by putting a small variac in front of
it.

Dr. Resonance

 >
 > heres an idea, tie enough diodes in series with it so that it drops the
 > voltage to whatever the led needs. Say it wants 1 volt. 120 - 1 = 119
volts
 > that need to be dropped. 0.6 * x = 119. 198 would be suitable for x. It
 > would need alot of 1n4007 in series with it, but the led would receive
power
 > only at the top of the waveform.
 >
 > ---Eric