What about the max reverse voltage rating on these LED's?  IIRC those=20
are in the order of a few volts (or under 10 volts) so wouldn't the LED=20
go bye-bye?

Cheers,
-Neil.


On 8/27/2012 1:55 PM, alan smith wrote:
>   Friend has me thinking about this...if you take 110VAC and half wave re=
ctify it, your going to end up with around 150VDC peak, so with the correct=
 resistor(7k-8K) it should drive a standard LED OK?  Guess I've never reall=
y thought about driving it directly from AC.  Yes..I know, its non-isolated=
 so its at the AC potential and a shock hazard.  Without a capacitor, you w=
ill see flicker on it as well of course.
>
>

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