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Old 07-20-12 | 03:18 PM
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Tor
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A dynohub feeding an LED directly would have notable flickering, especially at low speeds. This is because a dynohub puts out AC, while an LED, being a diode, will only use only half the wave. A diode bridge ahead of the LED will produce a notably better output, though it will still flicker some at lower speeds without a smoothing capacitor. You'll have to do some looking on your own about capacitor effects.

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