Weird question got lighted taxi and police car on ebay one said ac or dc one said dc only but when hooked up they both run on ac transformer why would it say dc only?
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Do you know the ebay auction id# so we could look at the description?
Either way, if both cars run on AC (I assume you mean a SuperStreets car?), then they're both AC compatible.
If one was truly DC only, it would just sit there and buzz--lacking a rectifier it's motor would be trying to reverse direction 60 times a second and thus go nowhere.
---PCJ
If this is one of them, then they are just lighted and not motorized.
The description says that AC operation may cause erratic behavior of the LED light bar.
The other offerings may have bridge rectifiers installed to allow AC operation; this one may not. Contact the seller for more information, if needed.
Larry
Yes larry thats it thanks for reply
You not only need a bridge rectifier, but a filter cap as well. The flashing function needs pure DC, not unfiltered DC from a bridge or diode.
