OP
Quoted from arolden:
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?

Yes

Now, before you go hooking it all up, hook just the AC to the GI, and check the DC with a meter. The output DC voltage isn't exactly the same as the input AC voltage. Usually a bit higher. Make sure you're still safely within the operating voltage range of your leds.

Even then, you might have problems. All a rectifier really does is invert the negative half of the AC wave, you'll still have a wave, so your LEDs may still flash (just not nearly as much as before). You may need a capacitor too to smooth it out. Probably 100uF would be fine? (There's no 'bad' value here, just what works better or not as well, so feel free to play around if it's necessary)

You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider zacaj.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!

This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/guidance-on-rectifying-voltage-for-an-led-strip?tu=zacaj and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.