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Beacon@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

That's what's so stupid about the whole problem - the solution is known and easy but it costs a tiny bit more to make so lots of manufacturers don't do it. It just needs to run off DC instead of AC. Simple.

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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I wonder if you could use four of the LEDs themselves to form a full bridge rectifier?

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- sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Electroboom needs a lemmy
  
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  - Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Did you read “full bridge rectifier” in his voice, too?
    
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    captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I typed it in his voice.
    
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    sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Of course!
    
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- davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Would still need a capacitor or something or it would flicker at 120Hz (in the US) but that’s not much more.
  
  Also those 4 would flicker more than the rest of the string.
  
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- Beacon@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  How?
  
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