"Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "Roy J. Tellason" (07
Sep 03  08:18:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "VEHICLE LED'S"

 RJT> I wasn't aware of that.  Ok,  a schottky diode (lower voltage drop)

 GM> Or four diodes for a bridge which still gives a minimum of 2
 GM> diode drops on each half cycle. Thats about 2 x 0.5v = 1 volt. In
 GM> a total of 6v, that's a lot!

SCR's or transistors can be used instead of the rectifiers as they have
a much lower saturation voltage than a rectifier's forward voltage.

 Mike
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