Hacking an extra trashy Poundland LED lamp (with schematic)

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  @spiffer27 · 5 years ago

  Please don&apos;t apologize for making another Dooby video, they are always fascinating. <br>They seem to be going to ever increasing lengths to cheapen them and bring down their service life.

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  @BrazzaB1 · 5 years ago

  Hands up who though Big Clive was going to test the resistor on the picture? C&apos;mon, you know you did!

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  @islandhopperstuart · 5 years ago

  FYI E309772 is the UL file number for the registered manufacturer, in this case JIANGXI HONGYU CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China.<br><br>Please keep the LED lamp videos coming Clive!

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  @RouteBGP · 5 years ago (edited)

  You know you are &quot;economy minded&quot; when you spend half an hour watching Clive hack a 30p per-year lamp into a 10p per-year lamp. :) Thank you Sir.

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  @ralfoide · 5 years ago

  Pro tip: you can make the LED lights last even longer and use almost not power at all if you take out <b>both</b> resistors!<br><br>As for the very existence of the 5-LED version... Mass retailers pressure OEMs to come up with products as cheap as they can get away with. A few cents saved per lamp means better retailer margin, who cares what&apos;s inside! &quot;Quality&quot; is measured in defect/returns vs. people keep buying them... so the lamps just need to last long enough for people to not return them, trash them when dead (&quot;oh it must be just that one that&apos;s bad&quot;), and keep buying more. Cycle works and self sustains. Just ignore the massive trash / recycling issue, that&apos;s a SEP (someone&apos;s else problem).

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  @mattakudesu · 5 years ago (edited)

  I love these lamp videos because the schematics are simple enough for me to understand and it&apos;s always interesting to see what components they use.

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  @raymondmucklow3793 · 5 years ago

  Never get tired of Led Lamp video. Another fine video. Cheers from almost warm kansas.

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  @stridermt2k · 5 years ago (edited)

  They will grill the LEDs...then WE shall resist!<br>&quot;The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun!&quot;

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  @DocNo27 · 5 years ago

  I found your channel originally for this content - don&apos;t ever apologize for being you!

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  @alanesq1 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Vertasium recently did a video on lightbulb planned obsolescence which is very interesting<br>&quot;This is why we can&apos;t have nice things&quot;

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  @michaelhorton6166 · 5 years ago

  No reason at all to apologize for the video! We are happy to watch whatever content you choose.

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  @andrewedis9907 · 5 years ago (edited)

  The return of the Kink Palculator, I love it. 😊🤣

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