Driving Leds with ac

bertus

Joined Apr 5, 2008
22,946
Hello,

There are no leds that run on 120 Volts AC.
There are led lightbulbs available that run on 120 Volts AC, those have a circuit inside to accomodate the led.
Standard leds can not stand more than 5 Volts reversed voltage.

Bertus
 

sghioto

Joined Dec 31, 2017
8,639
For 120vac, I believe a series 390nf cap rated 200 volts or more and a 1N4007 diode wired in reverse polarity across the LED should suffice.
 
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