Hi all,

I am trying to wire up an LED strip for my Judge Dredd topper. Appreciate some assistance with this.

I've installed a 6V DC LED strip across the top of the backbox to light up the topper. As the strip is DC, there is a noticeable strobe effect as I have hooked into the 6V AC voltage going to the backbox general illumination. I'd like to eliminate the strobe effect.

Can anyone please explain how I would go about this? I'd prefer to buy a discrete bridge rectifier instead of messing around with individual diodes, so what are the specifications required for it? The circuit is 5A, and the voltage is at 6V (actually, it is slightly above 7V according to my meter), so is any rectifier OK as long as its specifications exceed these figures? I've got plenty of old 35A, 200V rectifiers from power driver boards lying around - are these OK?

Second question - how exactly should the rectifier be wired? I am assuming the LED strip is connected to the + and - terminals of the rectifier, and the other legs of the rectifier connect to the lamp socket. Is that correct?

Thanks for any advice.

At this stage I'm not installing a smoothing cap. Will see how it looks first.

As for the increased voltage, how big a resistor would I need to lower it?

I have just checked the voltage and there is only 3.5V coming out of the bridge. This is lower than I'd like but it actually looks pretty good. No strobing at all. I think I will leave it at that.

Thanks for the help.

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