My buddy Andy over at copy and waste told me why I need the caps and rectifier oddly enough right after I posted.

(11:01:49) BlackMarketRival: yo
(11:02:07) Clint: what up playa play
(11:02:08) Andy: you need caps to filter or retain stability in the power source
(11:02:20) Clint: caps?
(11:02:25) Andy: capacitors
(11:02:28) Clint: ahh
(11:02:30) Clint: check
(11:02:35) Andy: so you have ac 110 in
(11:02:42) Andy: 5v ac out
(11:02:44) Andy: or dc out
(11:02:51) Clint: need DC out
(11:03:00) Andy: rectifier is to "maintain" constant voltage
(11:03:05) Andy: so it filters out spikes
(11:03:14) Andy: spikes in voltage
(11:05:04) Clint: how do i deal with the amps though?
(11:05:37) Andy: what about the amps
(11:05:43) Andy: v=ir
(11:05:52) Andy: voltage = Amps X Resistance
(11:06:00) Andy: so use that to figure out how many amps you need