Okay, to me, thats really, really confusing-- I thought the voltage rating on a cap was how much is could output, and uF was how much it could store-- so a 3v cap would put out a flat 3v. So... I suck at electronics, so how does a capacitor regulate spikes? Does it just "smooth" out the spike, as in it still puts out more voltage total, but over a few seconds instead of ms?
So then thats why driver boards are preferred over cap/resistor? Cause those just smooth out the current/power, instead of provide nearly perfectly consistent power?
Sorry, every sentence has a question mark... ;D
Honestly, electricity and 'common knowledge' of it has always been elusive to me. Then again, I am only 15, and Wikipedia is somewhat wordy and simultaneously vague... But thats no excuse
Thanks for the help guys ;D
Edit: What do you mean "the board the old diode was on?" They don't come with one...