Chinese LED lamp rated 30W. Seriously?

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DiodeGoneWild

DiodeGoneWild

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@Noplan
@Noplan 6 жыл бұрын
you need chinese measuring instruments to confirm the watts.
@km5405
@km5405 6 жыл бұрын
-anywhere from 5 to 50 watts- , lets call it 30
@zacharyherring6182
@zacharyherring6182 2 жыл бұрын
@@km5405 i would not be surprised if thats what they did 🤦‍♂️
@EliasJosRamirez323
@EliasJosRamirez323 Жыл бұрын
And analize why's says 30w but is 5w
@Asu01
@Asu01 6 жыл бұрын
It's 30 China-watt ;-)
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
To convert real watts to China-watts, you have to multiply it by a number that gets a bit higher every year...
@SianaGearz
@SianaGearz 6 жыл бұрын
I think it's 9 Chinawatt. This is 30 Chinachinawatt.
@pirateman1966
@pirateman1966 6 жыл бұрын
It's like Mexican minutes, but in reverse, since they are on the opposite side of the globe :p It's manufactured in the same factory that makes those 9000 mAh li-ion batteries.
@MrOpenGL
@MrOpenGL 6 жыл бұрын
9000 mAh Li-ion batteries are outdated. I saw a 10500 mAh one! Also, 4200mAh Ni-MH AA batteries...
@pirateman1966
@pirateman1966 6 жыл бұрын
Its an easy formula to get the real numbers coming out of China. Just drop the last Zero. Thank me now, or thank me later.
@szczurpiekielny7756
@szczurpiekielny7756 6 жыл бұрын
that power rating probably means it replaces 30w incadescent bulb
@mastersheef4300
@mastersheef4300 5 жыл бұрын
That is was I was also thinking
@sigataros
@sigataros 11 ай бұрын
thats not that great actually
@farx4070
@farx4070 6 жыл бұрын
Hi diodegonewild, I love your vids, you are an amazing KZbinr, keep up those hobby electronics
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I will do my best to keep up ;)
@th34lch3m1st
@th34lch3m1st 6 жыл бұрын
Great content, very clear step by step process. I understand more things in electronics now, with you, that back then in secondary school (30 years ago, technical institute for computer science, electronics classes in the first two years). Thanks for sharing.
@brotherfiretribe9566
@brotherfiretribe9566 6 жыл бұрын
Same here
@waleedahmed4591
@waleedahmed4591 6 жыл бұрын
That is really very *DANGERUUUUUUSSSS!!!!*
@L30NBL4NK
@L30NBL4NK 6 жыл бұрын
Dodgyyyy
@waleedahmed4591
@waleedahmed4591 6 жыл бұрын
*EVEN MORE SALTTTTTT!!!*
@picanazo420
@picanazo420 5 жыл бұрын
I can smell something BERNINGGGG
@Waiting_To_Retire
@Waiting_To_Retire 6 жыл бұрын
New subscriber here. I am from New Jersey, USA. Your voice and your handwriting is why I subscribed, in addition to your great content. Keep up the good work.
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 6 жыл бұрын
upvote for cat :)
@derektodd4126
@derektodd4126 6 жыл бұрын
love the calculator, a real blast from the past.
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
It's Privileg 825 MD from 1975, with a VFD display :).
@mortlet5180
@mortlet5180 6 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate how thorough your videos are; the amount of effort that you put in really shines through! Do you think the ambient lighting made the flicker less visible to your eyes, or do you not even perceive any flicker in a darkened room? The reason I find this strange is that the flicker from LED lamps with insufficient smoothing or current linearization circuitry really bothers me a lot. It is especially bad at the 100Hz harmonic that we have here, but I also tested a few lamps at 60Hz mains (which gave a 120Hz flicker, that I verified with a photodiode connected to my 'scope), which was still very visible and annoying, especially if there isn't any other sources of steady illumination. I have found that the dead-time when the LED is off is the most important variable (apart from the frequency, of course), with lamps that switch off completely for a part of the input waveform being much more 'flickery' than lamps which only dip down to 10-20% of their maximum intensity. However, even with the best examples that I have, of the latter type of lamp (its brightness oscillates at 100Hz, around 70% of it's maximum amplitude, from 100% down to a 40% minimum), the flicker is still annoying enough that I simply can't use it as the only source of light in a room (there can be multiple types of LED bulbs installed in the room, but since they all flicker at the same frequency AND in phase with each other, the flicker doesn't diminish at all).
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
I think that 100 or 120Hz should not be visible to human eye, as long as you don't move your eyebals rapidly or don't observe fast moving objects. On moving objects, you may see strips or dots. But without much motion, you shouldn't perceive 100-120 Hz flicker. What you may perceive is a flicker of some remote control systems transmitted via mains. I sometimes see it too, but it only happens randomly (usualy for 1 second every time the remote signal is transmitter). ... The higher the frequency, the brighter the light has to be for you to see the flicker. But above about 90 Hz you shouldn't see any flicker no matter how bright the light is. You may still perceive moving objects as dotted or striped, especially when the light dips down to nearly zero.
@mortlet5180
@mortlet5180 6 жыл бұрын
DiodeGoneWild; Ah you're right, I was throwing and catching a ball to see if the lighting would have any effect. I think what you are referring to is called the 'flicker fusion threshold', which indeed is only valid for a completely stationary (or very slowly changing) image. The annoying part is, even when simply reading a book (where the 100Hz flicker is completely eliminated, I still get really bad headaches after 45-60 minutes, which I don't get at all with incandescent lighting. It seems similar to the effect in computer games where slow movement at 60fps seems fine to me, but fast motion (such as in Counter Strike) still gives me bad motion sickness, even at the maximum refresh rate of my monitor (144Hz). I would have expected that gaming motion sickness would be related to sea-sickness, but I only get motion sickness when I am playing a fast-paced shooter myself. Maybe there's just something wrong with my brain's processing of motion and other people don't seem to care about temporal aliasing, because they simply don't experience any negative effects thereof?
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Different people probably have different sensitivity to flicker. I'm totally not bothered by it, but some people may be affected by it. The solution probably is to use LEDs with a better smoothing. Especially the higher power LEDs with a buck regulator tend to have much better smoothing. Low power LED (like 3W) tend to have a capacitive dropper and a poor smoothing so they are cheaper. CFL's are generally smoothed well because the self oscillating inverted doesn't run properly without smoothing. And tungsten lamps have a low flicker because of the thermal mass of the filament (especially the high power ones or the low voltage ones with a thick filament).
@BenjaminEsposti
@BenjaminEsposti 6 жыл бұрын
I can notice the flicker, it does bother me somewhat. I think it depends on the person, and perhaps even their age? (Like how old people can't hear high frequencies as well. I'm 21 and can still hear up to about 20kHz or so.)
@romanmoschenski9453
@romanmoschenski9453 6 жыл бұрын
I can confirm, I notice a flicker of a cheap LED Lamps and Its very annoying for me.
@rafitheredfox328
@rafitheredfox328 5 жыл бұрын
The 100 Hz flickering (or 120Hz flickering in other countries) is advantageous in some cases such as speed controlling of record players. I use a flickery LED bulb I screw into a desk lamp to do this with a record player I use to convert vinyl records into audio files. In some record players there are neon lamps (or led lights) built in right next to the strobe pattern of the turntable but not in the one I have.
@EdgarsLS
@EdgarsLS 6 жыл бұрын
seeriuslyy?!
@matthiasbretonnier4015
@matthiasbretonnier4015 6 жыл бұрын
Edgars Lacis-S 😂
@matthiasbretonnier4015
@matthiasbretonnier4015 6 жыл бұрын
Edgars Lacis-S 1 mega oooooohm
@pierredelecto7069
@pierredelecto7069 5 жыл бұрын
Ok. Ive been walking around immitating his accent for hours. Big awesome accent, and the tone goes up at the end of every sentence lol. Its musical almost. Iove it!
@sjoerd104
@sjoerd104 6 жыл бұрын
Your accent is so funny! Love your vids dude! Keep up the great work! Love you
@mesharial6676
@mesharial6676 6 жыл бұрын
it's really appreciated when you make these videos more educational. always looking forward to your videos
@HappySlappyFace
@HappySlappyFace 6 жыл бұрын
Before I didn't like ur channel because of ur accent But now its getting better Good job
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
In 2023 he still has the exact same accent. It's the reason that most people watch his videos!
@leonardhindmarsh2352
@leonardhindmarsh2352 5 жыл бұрын
Its good you talk about the flickering problem. 👍
@bobjacobs8643
@bobjacobs8643 5 жыл бұрын
When energy saving fluorescent lightbulbs came on the market, they also put the comparing ordinary lightbulb Wattage on the package so people could choose the right replacement bulb. Could it be that the 30Watt means that it compares to a 30Watt ordinary lightbulb?? I like your videos, very interesting and informative. Love your sense of humor.
@derektodd4126
@derektodd4126 6 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work. Best wishes from Northern Ireland.
@microsoftafu
@microsoftafu 6 жыл бұрын
The black case of this bulb looks nostalgic, just like the old bakelite
@zx8401ztv
@zx8401ztv 6 жыл бұрын
lol 30 watts :-D, perhaps it gives out the light level of a 30w incandescent bulb?. it's a shame you don't have two identical bigger double bobbin transformers to assemble a double primary transformer. It would still have losses but slightly less than you have now. Poor puss, they freak out at thunder/lightning :-(
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
I think it's not incandescent watts, it's Chinese watts :). I plan to buy some proper isolation transformer. I have 200VA one, but it's vintage and the isolation is made of paper, which may have been deteriorated and so the safety of it is questionable. I'm probably gonna buy a new one, about 50VA, enough for most LEDs and chargers. The cat doesn't care about thunders, but the dog is quite scared.
@goamarty
@goamarty 6 жыл бұрын
You could/should test the isolation of the old one. The most primitve way would be a small voltage doubler from the mains with a series resistor or small bulb and connect this between primary and secondary if you do not have access to an isolation tester. What is then ratio between Chinese (LED) watts and equivalent incandescent watts? I estimate this is closer together than a factor of two, at least closer than to the real LED power consumption.
@Basement-Science
@Basement-Science 6 жыл бұрын
It´s always helpful to look for other listings of the same LED lamp when you order from china. For example, I bought some "8W" LED filament lamps that turned out to be 5.2W (8.6 VA), but many other sellers listed it as 16W.
@BenjaminEsposti
@BenjaminEsposti 6 жыл бұрын
If you have the money, spend it on a larger isolation transformer, perhaps 1kVA or so. It would come in handy for repairing stuff (anything from TVs to power supplies and as you said, LED lamps, etc..) when you need to isolate it in order to not short out the mains with your oscilloscope. (Obviously you have to be careful not to shock yourself too, but the ground isolation helps reduce that possibility.) If you get one with a center tap, or even two separate secondary windings, that would be even better because you can use it to buck the mains voltage to 120V if needed.
@Basement-Science
@Basement-Science 6 жыл бұрын
+DiodeGoneWild Do you have a variac? If you do, you can get a 400V to 230V transformer and use that as your isolation transformer. They seem to be more common and cheaper than pure isolation transformers.
@zikermu
@zikermu 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this sharing video. I like the way you analyze the object, your diagram and also the suggestions for improvement. Today it will be useful for me to try to fix the same bulb.
@chocoboboko
@chocoboboko 6 жыл бұрын
Hi dear @diodegonewild , in 11:35 you mentioned improvement to the distorted waveform, how did you actually do that sir.?
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
By adding another 1uF capacitor directly to the output of the isolation transformer.
@sanfourbensanfer3911
@sanfourbensanfer3911 2 күн бұрын
Danke!
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 2 күн бұрын
Big thanks for your support! And a happy new year ;)
@MrKillerno1
@MrKillerno1 4 жыл бұрын
Really man, you should make a billboard saying "Another cheap fine product from Dodgyland"
@michal_havlicek
@michal_havlicek 6 жыл бұрын
Wait.. You're from Czechia, right? You mentioned a "Czech power chord extension" in one video.
@jp040759
@jp040759 6 жыл бұрын
I like the new graphics you used in this video. Good job.
@cc-jx9fx
@cc-jx9fx 6 жыл бұрын
Diode will you make a lightbulb at your own?
@mattikaki
@mattikaki 6 жыл бұрын
Few years ago I mistakenly bought these lamps. Fortunately they didn’t work long so I could hange them to better ones. You have new informative style which looks good. Wonder how laborious it is.
@ausintune9014
@ausintune9014 6 жыл бұрын
mayby equivalent to a 30w incandesant?
@scratchpad7954
@scratchpad7954 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but at 3:55 to 4:05, the sound of the thunderclap and a clock ticking in the background at foreground volume made me think of the scene in 101 Dalmatians just before Cruella DeVille comes bursting in through the door.
@robertgaines-tulsa
@robertgaines-tulsa 6 жыл бұрын
I heard that rumble, and I was like, "he's got a weird cat."
@felixcat4346
@felixcat4346 6 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for the video. Allways informative. I do have a question and could you please answer. How do you get your cheap yellow multimeter to give out the watts rating while measuring in the voltage range? Thanks in advance.
@pirateman1966
@pirateman1966 6 жыл бұрын
danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html
@maid3754
@maid3754 6 жыл бұрын
What are this 2 capacitors are doing in this circuit ? What would happen if there are no this 2 capacitors?
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
Replying to old question. The first capacitor is termed a "dropper". It is acting as a current limiting resistor, and does the same thing as a resistor except that it doesn't waste power or get hot. Then the circuit has the bridge rectifier, which converts the (current limited) mains voltage into a rectified (pulsing) 100Hz DC. The second capacitor is supposed to act as a smoothing capacitor. So it should store enough power during the "low pulses" of the cycle to run the LEDs, which would prevent flicker. However the capacitor is thousands of times too small for that task, so it does almost nothing to reduce the flicker. Since the voltage is so high, they must use a 400V rated capacitor in that position... Space limitations and cost means that they cannot fitthe 100 or even 1000uF capacitor which would tame that ripple and flicker. The circuit would operate exactly the same without the second (electrolytic) capacitor. However it must have the first input capacitor or there would be no current limiting and the whole thing would explode instantly.
@maid3754
@maid3754 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for nice explanation..
@zaki841
@zaki841 5 жыл бұрын
Your video are great I have two questions Why is the current a sine wave shouldn't it be a dc voltage accros the resistor How can you measure the power with a multimiter thank you
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
Replying to a very old comment... The current drawn is the current drawn... it's fluctuating/pulsing DC (always positive, but changes voltage repeatedly). Basically, an AC waveform but not going positive / negative in reference to zero volts. The LEDs only conduct when the voltage is high enough to illuminate them. Since there is only a tiny output smoothing capacitor, the voltage is not smoothed... the LEDs are literally switching on and off at rectified mains frequency (100Hz). You cannot measure watts with a multimeter. He built a power meter which uses that cheap multimeter as a display. The details are on his website.
@HappyguyAmazingvideos
@HappyguyAmazingvideos 6 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me guys? Ahh......yes
@breakdim
@breakdim 5 жыл бұрын
Im dying 😂😂😂😂
@firstsecond1670
@firstsecond1670 4 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@DrZipZwan
@DrZipZwan 3 жыл бұрын
when he says "are you kidding me guys??" I falled down as always when he says that lol then he says "special self-melting feature", I pissed on myself 🤣 Keep the good content up DiodeGoneWild! Always a lot to learn with you😉
@wahabfiles6260
@wahabfiles6260 4 жыл бұрын
You mentioned that you have to use isolation transformer because the scope is grounded. IF you connect the ends to the grounded scope what will happen?
@mrspaceorange976
@mrspaceorange976 6 жыл бұрын
8:22 сделано в СССР
@mrbrubeker4706
@mrbrubeker4706 5 жыл бұрын
да, походу он сидит в совке
@biaggiwins
@biaggiwins 6 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Thank you for uploads.
@edgeeffect
@edgeeffect 2 жыл бұрын
Your old oscilloscope videos help with my Russian lessons too: "время на деление".
@electroFizou
@electroFizou 3 жыл бұрын
Thank u VM for this detailed explanation
@Rollleee165
@Rollleee165 2 күн бұрын
Wasn't this in a kreosan english video?
@jannowak1012
@jannowak1012 5 жыл бұрын
The oscilloscope made in CCCP (SSSR). I remember that :)))) We used to used them.
@christosmakariou4574
@christosmakariou4574 2 жыл бұрын
Could you please point us to a video where you explain how your make-shift power meter works? Is there a schematic shown in any one of the other videos that you use it? provide a timestamp in the video to find it easily.
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
The information is on his Website (link on About page)
@1marcelfilms
@1marcelfilms 5 жыл бұрын
did you push it to 30 watt already?
@AMGTOM
@AMGTOM 6 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuys ????!! You're The best DGW !! Greetings from Algeria.
@indra-fu1ew
@indra-fu1ew 4 жыл бұрын
1:09 *Special feature* Are you kidding me guys 😂😂😂😂😂
@m0168_
@m0168_ 4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps itsbrightness is equal to 30watt bulb not the consumption.
@internetkanserindenkorunma6885
@internetkanserindenkorunma6885 6 жыл бұрын
AC caused flickering right?
@maxthewincat
@maxthewincat 6 жыл бұрын
Will you make some videos about radios?
@NaderZidan
@NaderZidan 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos....can i ask you?where are you from?
@arduinoatolyem2121
@arduinoatolyem2121 3 жыл бұрын
1:12 special feature is soldering iron feature :)
@marcomargarito99
@marcomargarito99 6 жыл бұрын
Can you show us how to make your watt meter? Please it seems very useful
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
It's shown on his website. However it's easier to just buy a wattmeter.
@Imf44
@Imf44 6 жыл бұрын
4:02 also, what happend to your finger?
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
An injury when I was repairing the exhaust pipe of my mother's car. I had to remove it, weld it and put it back. Removing it was a bit tricky because the screws were rusty. One screw required really a lot of force and when it finally turned, i cut myself...
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 6 жыл бұрын
it got 'bloody hot'
@coloradowilderness3139
@coloradowilderness3139 6 жыл бұрын
DiodeGoneWild, You are a nice man bcz you help your mother. Thanks.
@KumarVoimedu
@KumarVoimedu 6 жыл бұрын
Hi bro, I love your English. The videos you make are really interesting.
@Elaphae
@Elaphae 6 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your detailed and informative videos. Off topic... Ever grow catnip for your cat? One thing I have noticed is that there are 4 sockets on the left side of your large power strip that appear to be crossed off with green ink. Is there a story as to why?
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks :). I never grew catnip. Should I? :) Those crossed sockets are not in use. I removed the contacts to make enough space for the wattmeter circuitry that's built into it :). The power strip now contains this circuitry: danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html
@Basement-Science
@Basement-Science 6 жыл бұрын
DiodeGoneWild have you sealed off the unusable sockets so it is impossible to get into contact with your circuitry? You know what you can and cannot do with this power strip, but others who may want to use it at some point will not.
@jmans4928
@jmans4928 11 ай бұрын
May be is equivalent to 30 W with under driven led for less power dissipation, maybe.
@rahulbhaskar4179
@rahulbhaskar4179 7 ай бұрын
Dear dany, please make a video on your yellow watt meter. WITH SCHEMATIC PLEASE ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@mirrored_
@mirrored_ 6 жыл бұрын
Is there any vid about this watt counting splitter? :o I'm interested into!
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Not a video, but I have a webpage describing what I've put inside :) danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html
@ramamurthynatesan3368
@ramamurthynatesan3368 3 жыл бұрын
I very much like your review. It’s thorough and informative. Such reviews are rare. Keep it up. How come you have Russian instruments? Going by your delivery style you don’t sound Russian
@jlobeiras
@jlobeiras 6 жыл бұрын
There is a different version of this lamp from Foxanon with a black led PCB which supposedly uses a constant current driver to avoid flickering. They even provide a picture of the PCB to show the difference compared to your version of the lamp. I have purchased a few of them and so far I could not identify any flicker or interference with the phone camera. I would really appreciate if you could analyze the difference with this model. There are a few sellers, but if somebody wants to check them out just go to eBay and search "E14 E27 Led Corn Bulbs 4020SMD Light Lamps" (international product search). By the way, if you check the product description you will notice that 30W is the equivalent CFL power for the same lumen output, not the actual power (Chinese marketing at its best).
@EmadMostafa25
@EmadMostafa25 6 жыл бұрын
can i change smd led by resistor
@1marcelfilms
@1marcelfilms 6 жыл бұрын
You can make it run at 0.5 watt and use it as night illumination
@zUltra3D
@zUltra3D 6 жыл бұрын
I love when he says "Arre yoou kiddiing mee guyyyys?" :D
@mrroronoa8
@mrroronoa8 5 жыл бұрын
How do you measure power with those cheap meters in Dc voltage mode?
@mrroronoa8
@mrroronoa8 5 жыл бұрын
It must be a shunt but how you get DC voltage??
@DrZipZwan
@DrZipZwan 3 жыл бұрын
@@mrroronoa8 wondering the same
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
You don't. You build a Wattmeter, and use the cheap multimeter as a budget-priced LCD display. The circuit is on his website.
@paulnixon9210
@paulnixon9210 4 жыл бұрын
Informative, interesting, educational, and the accent is entertaining too, love it, I’m just waiting for a good catch phrase.... 🤩🤪🤗
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
Watch any of his USB charger videos. The catch phrase is "Super Dodgeeee"
@pollyannabutchers
@pollyannabutchers 6 жыл бұрын
1.00 "bloody hot" lol ....self melting feature ....GOLD!!!
@aaronscientist
@aaronscientist 6 жыл бұрын
How u connected the multimeter to diplay the power
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
The power strip has this built into it: danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html
@saintpine
@saintpine 6 жыл бұрын
Little, tecnical question :P, what country are you from, and what's your mother tongue language?
@muruganjai827
@muruganjai827 6 жыл бұрын
bro any simple way to identify the phase sequence of three phase supply
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Hello, here's a schematic I reverse engineered from an old tester: danyk.cz/reverz19.html The neon lamp lights up for A-B sequence, but not for B-A sequence. The ground can be connected to earth/ground or neutral or to a pad you touch with your finger.
@mamun088
@mamun088 6 жыл бұрын
love it! took out the trouble from learning experimentally. ♥️
@ELECTROHAXZ
@ELECTROHAXZ 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as usual, you can report it to eBay with the proof of the wattage it really is and get your money back and keep the bulb
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
I sometimes do this, but this time I missed the 60 days...
@zolatanaffa87
@zolatanaffa87 6 жыл бұрын
buy it another, reort to ebay measurements and so you have the entire bulb and money back:-)) and so you can put a bad feedback to this vendor
@ELECTROHAXZ
@ELECTROHAXZ 6 жыл бұрын
DiodeGoneWild Oh ok, I love your videos, would it be alright if I download all your videos to put into my archive in case something ever happens to your channel? I really love your style of making videos and your humor as well as electronics, if not that's fine too, but I would like your permission.
@moclan582
@moclan582 5 жыл бұрын
Why do you have to use those transformers? What would happen if not?
@johncoops6897
@johncoops6897 Жыл бұрын
Nobody replied, so I will... The transformers are wired as a 240:240V isolation transformer. This means that neither of the "output" wires are connected to the house's mains wiring. So, whilst there is about 240V AC between those 2 wires, neither of them has any connection to the ground (earth) which is where the Neutral of your home's wiring is referenced. In a single-phase supply like in Europe, your house is actually only wired with ONE mains cable which supplies 240V AC. The second return wire is via the earth (dirt) back to the power station. Hence why if you touch the 240V mains, the current flows through you and out of your shoes.... and that hurts. The isolation transformer also means that he can connect the oscilloscope to the circuit. This is needed because the black "ground" clip of the oscilloscope is grounded to earth. Any current that passes through that connection will blow up the oscilloscope, so you cannot measure AC mains with a standard oscilloscope. It needs to be a "floating" ground that won't provide a return current path. So, the purposes of the 2 transformers is to create a single transformer where both leads have absolutely nothing to do with the original mains. In this way, whilst there is power available between those wires, there is no way it can flow from those wires to either mains Live or mains Neutral (earth).
@moclan582
@moclan582 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MalagasOnFire
@MalagasOnFire 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos and measures with scopes. 100 Hertz is not flicker to human eyes, but if you want flicker try almost burn incandescent tubes + poor starters. Otherwise use cellphone camera. How do you smooth the resonating frequency of the two transformers? Maybe with a snubber network?
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks :). I've put another 1uF capacitor directly in parallel with the output of the transformer and the voltage was suddenly a nice sine wave :).
@johnnyd4827
@johnnyd4827 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video like always!
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
thanks :)
@markiangooley
@markiangooley 6 жыл бұрын
Looks about equivalent to a 30W incandescent bulb... which is what the seller will probably claim you were supposed to think.
@ElectroRetro
@ElectroRetro 6 жыл бұрын
How to measure watts?????
@smaartscz
@smaartscz 6 жыл бұрын
You can't measure Watts, You have to calculate them with "P=U*I"
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
I have this circuitry built into my power strip: danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html it's a wattmeter. Actually a power to voltage converter, so the power can be displayed using a cheap voltmeter.
@ElectroRetro
@ElectroRetro 6 жыл бұрын
DiodeGoneWild thanks for replying
@MesutAtmaca
@MesutAtmaca 6 жыл бұрын
ebay. your Aliexpress shipping
@JR_Photography1
@JR_Photography1 6 жыл бұрын
From where are U?
@alibehrouz9833
@alibehrouz9833 6 жыл бұрын
as always your job is great thanks a ton
@AparatorulPoporului
@AparatorulPoporului 6 жыл бұрын
Soviet union education (school) :))) You are italian or hungarian?
@burnutec3
@burnutec3 3 жыл бұрын
Most likely czeh or slovakian
@PreetPal2107
@PreetPal2107 5 жыл бұрын
Make video on home theater that turn on with stand by circuits
@ZaFrostPet
@ZaFrostPet 6 жыл бұрын
man, i like your content, but the sound quality is kinda meh, i hear a lot of distortions in my headphones and so i actually have to use equalizer to cut all the high sounds. something like zoom or taskam recorder should work for you if you can afford them. anyway, thank you for your videos.
@romankatz1421
@romankatz1421 3 жыл бұрын
pamiętaj bracie Tej lampy żółtą poświatę!
@cineDD
@cineDD 6 жыл бұрын
Hello DiodeGoneWild.... It is realy right, that the Inrush Current at the Start Moment ist too high. I have many of this cheap LED Lamps that also have the same Circuit. But they are all dead after a half year. Can you Help me to find a maching Resistor for the Current Limitation at the Start ??? Or can you explain it at your example as you would dimension it ? THX.... I think you make very good videos, becouse you can make such technically good explantation, with you such simple means.
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
Good LED lamps usualy contain a fusible resistor which works both as an inrush resistor and as a fuse. It mostly tends to be something from 10ohms to 100ohms. For safety, it should really be designed as fusible, which means that it fails in a safe manner (no fire, no short circuit...). The power rating of this resistor usualy is 1W in LED lamps.
@mirrored_
@mirrored_ 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Diode I think it's about comparing light amount to "normal"wire bulb. That's what I'm thinking :)
@DiodeGoneWild
@DiodeGoneWild 6 жыл бұрын
It's not :). The sellers deliberately multiply the power by a number that gets higher and higher...
@n0madfernan257
@n0madfernan257 4 жыл бұрын
'Are you kidding me gaaais?!' lol like it
@deavman
@deavman 5 жыл бұрын
Many watts were lost while in transit... They were sent back to Shengen for reuse.
@electronic7979
@electronic7979 6 жыл бұрын
Useful video
@Dycom4725
@Dycom4725 4 жыл бұрын
I like your voice, it's unique. 🤣🤣🤭
@thebeststooge
@thebeststooge 6 жыл бұрын
I purchased one of those a couple of years ago and it was 2 watts at most then I got a refund. Alright I thought nothing of it until 2 months ago I was looking around for something else (non lighting) and as soon as I went to order it I was blocked. I tried twice then saw the name and looked back through old orders and there it was. The sob blocked me YET he was the crook but by doing so at least he couldn't crook me on this other purchase.
@XA--pb9ni
@XA--pb9ni 6 жыл бұрын
Oh man u got the good old Tools xD
@SeanBZA
@SeanBZA 6 жыл бұрын
Equivalent to a 30W incandescent lamp in light output, so of course that is the rating they put on there.
@zolatanaffa87
@zolatanaffa87 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe you're right. Some lamps, sold in Chinese stores and made in p.r.c., to respect the European rules, declare power consumed and lumens generated: they are more correct quantities to define the functionality of a lamp regardless of the fact that the values can be increased for marketing,
@eduardoavila646
@eduardoavila646 6 жыл бұрын
Nope. If you say its 30w not "eqquivalent to 30w". That way its misleading advertisement, and thus maybe even could result in some legal actions.
@razhterize
@razhterize 6 жыл бұрын
Make Video about that big Power Supply first please
@km5405
@km5405 6 жыл бұрын
you have to be very careful - the alien technology it uses to sink power into the quantum vacuum can cause a singularity to form, destroying the parallel universe its linked to if its mishandled.
@Velktron
@Velktron 5 жыл бұрын
More like "30W equivalent" light output. If that.
@tomisimi
@tomisimi 6 жыл бұрын
:D 5 sekund pozeram toto video a hned viem ze si original cech :D ani mi viac info netreba
@newguy69
@newguy69 6 жыл бұрын
Presne si to vystihol :D Ale klobuk dole ze vôbec niekto z nasho regionu robi ENG videa, vacsina u nas vie anglicky prd. Hlavne starsi ludia bohuzial..
@kareladam6732
@kareladam6732 6 жыл бұрын
Přečetl jsem první dvě slova a hned vím, že jsi originál slovák :D Dyť to je přece Danyk :-) Na české bastl scéně hádám není nikdo kdo by o něm nevěděl, minimálně o jeho webu.
@jurivlk5433
@jurivlk5433 6 жыл бұрын
Nice vintage calculator from 1974!
@silentbloodyslayer98
@silentbloodyslayer98 6 жыл бұрын
It looks like a vacuum tube rectifier
@mcst6969
@mcst6969 6 жыл бұрын
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