Hi All:

First time post by someone very distant from his high school circuitry days.

I would like to use a 12v 6 watt bottle generator (presumably AC) to run an LED rope light that requires 12v DC input. I think that all I need to do is to size the rope light so that it requires approximately 6 watt (about 6' by my calculations), run it to a bridge rectifier, and thence to the bottle generator.

My goal is to have a big patch of led lighting that comes on at moderate speeds (12-30 kph) when I put the bottle generator to the tire.

Am I overlooking something? What should I be looking for in a bridge rectifier?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

I think any rectifier should do the trick.. 4 1N4001's should be sufficient, or any premade rectifier you pull out of something..