I forgoe the peak voltage too. It's the square root of 2 times the base voltage.

I think I'll use the transformers and a bridge rectifier.

I think a capacitor will smooth out the current but I don't know which kind.
I understand start and run capacitors just fine and I know that bigger is always better so the down stream cascade doesn't make 'em burst but this is different isn't it?
I need a different capacitor but the words I know: reservoir capacitor don't get a response when I plug it into any electronics supply house search protocols.

I figure a 6 LED string Of about 2 VDC draw (each LED) powered by a 24 Volt Transformer will need a 1.2 kΩ 1/2 W resistor which would would give a bit less than 20 mA . A little Cap on that circuit would make smooth the flow out.

I still don't full understand the power consumption issue. I figure I'll build a board and add Serial strings of LEDs (6 in Parallel) until the power draw. starts to make 'em dimmer.