Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
well, that's a nice thought, but it ignores that the LED could simply be powered by half of the AC waveform when no bridge rectifier is used.
It also misses the possibility of wiring two LEDs in parallel, but opposing polarity. Each LED could conduct during opposite halves of the AC waveform.
I would suggest that your future posts be phrased in a way that reflects your tentative understanding of electronics. i.e. less "I know", and more "I think that it works this way...."
I said clearly, and more than once, that I was ignorant of the workings of dynamo hubs and generators. Did you miss that? I did not say I was ignorant of basic circuit electronics. Does it sound like I am? I was about to respond to your "it could be's" and then in a later post you discredit all of them for exactly the same reasons I was going to. So... how 'tentative' is my grasp of the commercial applications of what you and I both know to be true? I suggest you leave me to write
my posts the way I want to, unless you have some actual misinformation to correct. Thank you.