Full Wave Rectified Xmas LEDs with Filter

To bad you blew up all the leds. The mains are 170 volts peak, not 120.

Thanks for looking at it, rich11292000. The math I did on paper gave me about about 168 VDC after the rectifier, so you're right on that. However, if I look at the voltage in th esimulation from the anode of the capacitor to the resistor, I'm getting around 117 VDC. The LEDs are rated at 3.1 V and 20 mA each. In actual practice with the rectifier I'm using is only giving me about 110 VDC, and it seems to be working fine. I'm not sure exactly why, though, so any insight you have would be appreciated. Another thing I don't understand is why my 125 V / 3 A fuse keeps blowing when I add the capacitor. Maybe I need a resistor ahead of it, or a smaller capacitor?

You can see in the simulation that you did 26 amps on start up.

Oops, that'd do it. An inductor seems to help with this, but is that the right approach? I've had trouble finding a source that'd help me understand this better. Thanks for your help, btw.

A inductor will cause a reaction with the capacitor and create a oscillation. A resistor is a better approach.

Would that resistor go before the AC in like this?