TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIt's the Christmas light video again - 2025 editionyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down16
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI wonder if you could use four of the LEDs themselves to form a full bridge rectifier?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoDid you read “full bridge rectifier” in his voice, too?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoI typed it in his voice.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoWould still need a capacitor or something or it would flicker at 120Hz (in the US) but that’s not much more cost I would hope. Also those 4 would flicker more than the rest of the string.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI just looked it up and I’m fairly certain it wouldn’t work. Every time the output waveform gets too low then the led would turn off, which is what creates the flicker. An led needs a constant current to stay on constantly.
I wonder if you could use four of the LEDs themselves to form a full bridge rectifier?
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Did you read “full bridge rectifier” in his voice, too?
I typed it in his voice.
Of course!
Would still need a capacitor or something or it would flicker at 120Hz (in the US) but that’s not much more cost I would hope.
Also those 4 would flicker more than the rest of the string.
I just looked it up and I’m fairly certain it wouldn’t work. Every time the output waveform gets too low then the led would turn off, which is what creates the flicker. An led needs a constant current to stay on constantly.