gunrunnerjohn posted:
Magicland posted:Any specs I should keep in mind for a bridge rectifier, or can I just unsolder the one from the Williams reverse board and use that? Sure wish Radio Shack were still around sometimes. Going to have to google and see if I can find how to wire that up.
Any bridge will do, since you're driving an LED, you don't need anything large. Wire the two ~ pins to the motor and the + and - to the LED, obviously observing the polarity. The 470 ohm resistor goes in one of the LED leads, it doesn't matter which one.
Great! Had no idea you could pass DC through a bridge rectifier, just thought they were for converting AC to DC. Makes sense if you think about it. Was trying to figure out how to do the same thing via diodes, but that's much simpler, especially since I have a rectifier I can salvage (from the Williams board), and I'm completely out of diodes. Still have some 470 ohm resistors from the LED I put in the backup light on the camelback (also used them for directional lighting in my Williams RDC). Now I'm wishing I'd ordered more than 20.
