<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Orion:
kalieaire, how so? Mind you, I'm not well versed in electronics. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
ok i checked w/ my friend. this is how you do it.
you'll most likely need one or a few transistors, and one or more capacitors, depending on how smooth a dc current you want. You might want to use an inline fuse somewhere between the bulb and the battery to save the transistor when you're running low on voltage.
so here we go.
here's the current closed circuit sequentially as if we were following the flow of current.
power source - light - power source.
now with the regulation mod.
power source - fuse - transistor 1 (or more) - capacitor(s) - light - power source.
a transistor will turn on and off at a specified frequency from its specifications.
This acts as a resistor, not by converting electrical current into heat, but rather stopping it for 1/30th of a second or whatever the rated transistor is spec'd at.
it's like this, compare a transistor to slowing down traffic by using traffic lights.
compare a resistor to slowing down traffic by merging lanes, which would you rather have?
one has less friction, one has more.
the capacitor in line does this.
A capacitor is basically two plates held parallel and one side holds electrons, this causes potential difference because the capacitor wants to flow to the other side to even out the electron charge.
so a capacitor acts like a water tower, water flows into it when there's plenty of water, and water flows out of it when there's a water shortage.
when electricity is plenty from when the transistor gate is open, electricity flows into the capacitor, and extra electricity flows by, when the gate closes and electricity doesn't flow, the capacitor flows its stored current.
this way with a transistor it doesn't flash.
the question is finding a combination of transistors or a single right transistor.
transistors will create heat, but less heat.
too many amps can kill a transistor not designed for a certain amount of current flow.
you guys are using 5 watt luxeons?
you need 6 volts at 833mah current flow.
hey, where can i buy some luxeons?
i didn't know anything about these lambertian radiation patterened led's until yesterday.