Hello. This is my first post and from what I've been reading this a very active forum with lots of information. However using the search results didn't turn me to any answers I wanted so I decided to make a post.
To start off I am working on this dirtbike. It's all AC power there's no battery. I'm looking to hook a LED tailight up to it. But I've read somewhere that LED's run on DC power and read somewhere about a guy adding a LED taillight to his AC system on his bike and the LED taillight running fine on the AC.
So the question is will the LED take the AC? The LED taillight uses 12v at 1.5amps. The bike is putting out 130w at the stator at 12v and 10.8amps. (correct?
If the LED tailight won't take AC power I planned on getting a rectifier but at my electronics class we have plenty of resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc. From what I've gathered up I can hook 4 diodes up to make a bridge rectifier, true? and will this drop the voltage any?
To start off I am working on this dirtbike. It's all AC power there's no battery. I'm looking to hook a LED tailight up to it. But I've read somewhere that LED's run on DC power and read somewhere about a guy adding a LED taillight to his AC system on his bike and the LED taillight running fine on the AC.
So the question is will the LED take the AC? The LED taillight uses 12v at 1.5amps. The bike is putting out 130w at the stator at 12v and 10.8amps. (correct?
If the LED tailight won't take AC power I planned on getting a rectifier but at my electronics class we have plenty of resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc. From what I've gathered up I can hook 4 diodes up to make a bridge rectifier, true? and will this drop the voltage any?