Originally Posted by FOXCHASERR:
Do you need a bridge rectifier?
No. Connect your accessory AC directly to the two clips in the top of the first March 4 drawing.
Perhaps more information than you need, but if you insert a bridge before the clips (thereby converting AC-to-DC), only half the LEDs would light. The proposed configuration depends on the alternating polarity of the AC signal where half the LEDs light on one polarity, and the other half on the other polarity. This on-off “blinking” happens so quickly (60 times per second) that it appears steady-on to the eye.
