Custom extra weird trashy lamp build. Blue orb with green pulsars

This slightly shady lamp (exposed live connections on the LED holders) was just made for fun out of random things from eBay.
It was also an opportunity to answer more of the questions asked by Patreons.
This was also shamelessly a "therapy" project for me while I get over a bug that I picked up while visiting Glasgow. (I'm feeling a lot better now.)
I mentioned Steve Summers' struggle with workshop subsidence. Here's a video about that:-
• My Shop is FALLING DOW...
And his gofundme to help towards the repair costs:-
www.gofundme.c...
Keeping in mind that this LED lamp is not quite safety compliant (not suitable for a first project or around kids) you can get the parts for it on eBay using the following search links:-
The lamp kit that got repurposed:-
www.ebay.com/s...
Guide price around $1.50.
The set of pre-terminated crimp connectors:-
www.ebay.com/s...
Guide price around $4 for a set of 50.
5mm flickering effect LEDs:-
www.ebay.com/s...
Guide price around $7 for a pack of 100.
5mm diffused LEDs:-
www.ebay.com/s...
Guide price around $2 for a pack of 100.
Remember that the flickering LED is in parallel with the matching LED in the base, so the technology (forward voltage) will have to be the same. Blue, white, green are 3V and yellow and red are 2V.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
www.bigclive.co...
This also keeps the channel independent of KZbin's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.

[@Bleats_Sinodai]

18:09 Thank you Clive, it's refreshing to see someone older than me who understands the problem isn't "pc culture" but a lack of conditions to allow young people to develop into great professionals.

[@jek__]

por que no los dos?

[@eglandon16]

As a technician (avionics in the navy and now manufacturing at Intel) I watch channels like yours, HVAC repairs, 3d printing, and metal working - so completely understand watching technical stuff outside of my field but they all do fit as hobbies for me

[@jamesgockel854]

Need more long episodes like this, just building and rambling... I can fall asleep to your voice. Think I have once already a few weeks ago.

[@bigclivedotcom]

A lot of people will use this video to help them sleep. It seems a common thing.

[@spurgear4]

@@bigclivedotcom I go to your site and play all at night. I sleep like a baby, thank you.

[@Danechip]

@@spurgear4 I do the same lol, I put the 3 hour ramblings on loop...

[@paulyoung181]

Excellent Q & A session with an interesting project as filler!

[@robbradley1337]

Really? That's interesting. I could never sleep while listening to someone rambling. White noise for me. :)

[@echothehusky]

I love watching these long videos, you are good at holding our attention!

[@mduvigneaud]

Yeah! Clove is a super awesome smart dude! :D

[@mduvigneaud]

@@jeremys6387 Yeah, gotta love autoincorrect. :\

[@MuharRajiv911]

He streams

[@mickward2775]

Clive your commentary is priceless. With the talking about taking random crap and combining it to make new crap. Great video as always

[@SteveSummers]

Thanks Clive. You are awesome 😎👍 Much appreciated.

[@bigclivedotcom]

You're welcome.

[@michaelwynne2801]

You've got a great channel also Steve

[@raymondmucklow3793]

Never long and rambly, I really enjoy these projects. Nice effect also. My son has a green and blue lava lamp, that would go well with it. Very cool. Cheers

[@ADR69]

I have a bag of these LED bulb kit things just for whenever the mood strikes to make some crap. What a time to be alive

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

Save it for the day you are quarantined. Many people can't stand being forced to stay indoors. Good to have things to do when it happens.

[@Dime_Bar]

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Are you suggesting his going to get the coronavirus? Lol

[@IronBalls007]

I'm a machinist (CNC-milling and turning) and I come watch your videos to relax, so yeah, you are right as always :) Thx for every video you make, please never stop.

[@spikekent]

Always love your project videos with Q&As and your past stories. You call it long and rambly, I call it highly entertaining. Keep 'em coming Clive.

[@BRUXXUS]

Totally agree with getting a job somewhere to learn skills! One of my many hobbies was cake decorating. Learned basics from my mom and grandma. :) People started asking me to make cakes for them and I would go to this little family owned bakery that also sold decorating supplies and the owner taught decorating classes. One time I went in and asked if they needed some part time help. I sent some pics of cakes I'd made and she offered me a job. I worked there for about a year and learned a TON about cake art. Also... oddly enough, my experience in carpentry helped a lot... you'd be surprised how much in common woodworking, welding, and cake decorating has in common. 😄

[@BRUXXUS]

Oh, and I love this project! The result is pretty interesting too! I love the blue wash with the focused green dots.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Ace of Cakes was a good demonstration of how structural knowledge was need in the bigger cakes.

[@SimonSideburns]

@@bigclivedotcom For someone who doesn't have a TV you seem to know a lot about TV programmes. How?

[@haroldsmith45302]

Good project. I like how the blue LEDs illuminate the bottoms of the white sockets, providing a bi-colour effect. Very nice. Thank you..

[@iandawkins2182]

Nice and relaxing. Well done Big Man. Glad to see you had your "Dark & Stormy" to hand, get well soon.

[@Roadhardd]

You spoke of KZbin channels you watch for relaxation. I’m certain there are many that you are their relaxation channel like myself. Thanks for all the content!

[@markandsuriyonphanasonkath8768]

All and every time watching your videos is terrific - THANK YOU! Technical guy here, fibre optic engineer, earlier microwave radio engineer, and (surprisingly), power engineer - retired at age 53, but offered a part time job in ??? Accounting - just to pass the time - BRILLIANT, so I can ALWAYS catch up on (Sir), Big live :-), and our rescue dog operation :-) SO MANY thanks, keep up with your seriously brilliant work. Regards, Mark in Phuket - Thailand :-)

[@JoesComputerMuseum]

23:50 "Your relaxation tends to be looking at other technical channels but not in the same industry." I feel seen.

[@Aristo12]

Same. :)

[@High_Caliber]

This build was more interesting (and better written), than the last 2 star wars movies put together. Well done.

[@Peter_S_]

The Force is strong with this one.

[@jackkaczynski863]

And the power factor weak.

[@boboften9952]

These Red and yellow LEDs are not the combination you are looking for.

[@paper__crane]

You hit on something with technical workers relaxing by watching technical videos different than their field. I'm a computer programmer by trade but watch your videos while relaxing.

[@CaffeinatedTech]

I love when Clive shows us his doodle.

[@poopandfartjokes]

Your “long rambly” videos are always great Clive. You always motivate me to do my own little projects 👍

[@mUbase]

Yeah the light thing made out of trash works, I only listened to the video for your soothing voice answering the myriad of questions. :)

[@mandycole21]

These are the type of chill out videos of yours I really like bc there's never any telling where your topics of conversation is going to go and it's just awsome LOL

[@Peter_S_]

That light would be excellent pointing down from a tall ceiling. Clive, I think these longer build videos are excellent and well worth it.

[@alpcns]

These sort of projects have always been my favorite. Love it!

[@BearFulmer]

I have learned about so many different kinds of led's watching these videos. My supply of Led's has grown immensly, these circuits are rewarding to build like making beer.

[@whitehoose]

MrsW bought a forest fire's worth of battery candles year before last, £1 each from charity shop, locally made using switched base, wax body and straw coloured candle LED. When Christmas was done she bought the left overs (20ish) for £5 because the LEDs were so good. Ended up using most of them in scenery for local am dram but I still have a few. Don't know where they came from but they are warmer than warm white without being amber. The wax catches the light and glows sympathetically. in all a very pleasing authentic effect.

[@JerryEricsson]

Must be the third year now that I have watched this video. I am getting old, having passed my 71st birthday last May, and it seems that the mind that was so very sharp for so many years now has began to forget things, for example I had forgotten that I saw this one till I went to comment and found that I had commented a couple times before. but I did want to note that the glow of the blue lights hold a special magic for me. The first house I ever saw with Christmas Lights was a home just north of Thunder Hawk South Dakota. When we passed it, my mom would comment that her old teacher lived there. Now we didn't have power in our farm house so seeing lights around the roofline of a modern ranch home (in the 1950's) was amazing, and that glow that the lights produced was just amazing to my young mind, so much so that I have remembered it to this very day. My home in town, a 1950's ranch home is decorated for Christmas with blue LED lights that give that wonderful magical glow that I love so very much. It is lonely now at Christmas, my wife passed on 2 years ago, the year of dying in our family, I lost both my sisters, my favorite brother-in-law and at long last my lovely wife of 51 years and 4 days.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Sorry it's been a rough year. The forgetting things may actually be just because of the sheer volume of knowledge on the Internet. I don't memorise as much as I used to. I just treat Google as an extension of my brain with data on demand.

[@MrPixntex]

no its not a wast of time, it had me intrigued i had to watch all of the video. I would like to see more projects like this please, i know i am late to the show but now i have found you I am finding it more and more interesting...............!

[@gqp4800]

Mr. Clive, old well driller machinist here Nothing can be done about subsidence. Subsidence is a geologic movement that only God can stop. Some areas sink and some areas rise. Plate tectonics. Himalayan mountains rise several inches a year. Time for your friend to sell and move, no stopping nature. Enjoy your vids

[@JohnClulow]

59:30 "Has it discharged yet?, eh, Yes it has." Nice pink, two-handed, across the heart cap discharge tester, there Big Clive !!! LOL Very nice result for your project !!!

[@shaunsautorepairs5410]

Having been inspired by your expertise on these things i have been dabbling with low voltage strings of lights adding resisters and your dusk detectors....My wife is very impressed with my results that save her money on AA batterys..... I have yet to start on mains voltage lighting which i can see would be the next logical step...My overall knowledge of electronics has improved greatly since watching your channel...Many thanks for what you do.

[@frankowalker4662]

Watching (well, listening to) this while fault finding a PVR PSU. It keeps the frustration levels at bay. I'll re-cap it and hope for the best. Cool night-light.

[@bytespider]

The bunch of flickering green LEDs was a nice effect. For my son’s Minecraft torch I used a red and orange flickering LED in parallel which gives a quite convincing flame effect

[@TheEPROM9]

Clive, you are the channel I watch to relax. Your channel is good for aspies like myself. Keep doing your thing.

[@Katylest]

Sells me on a 1 hour video with the first 10 words. Love your content.

[@DarnWhippets]

Excellent chill out video. Thanks Clive!

[@berthaduniverse]

Thanks Clive, your LED series has really helped give me lots of ideas for my light painting and spheres of light. This one is especially nice... Now to convert it to battery power.

[@profrumpo]

Most relaxing watching another BC project, many thanks. Quite a nice result too with the blue light beneath and the green pulsing lights, when the tendrils are spread out it must make a nice pattern on the ceiling if you are adding it to your ceiling chandelier.

[@MrWarwick15]

Brilliant Clive! I love how you solder with all your digits! It's like a 'Vulcan Salute' of sorts! Spock would be proud of you! Thanks. Rich.

[@BastiElektronik]

I love these long videos! Every time when I'm soldering or tinkering, I put on one of your long videos (eg DPT of Villainy) just to have something to listen to. Thank you! Your channel kicked off my interest in electronics

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Leds is a harmless hobby if you know what you're doing and you learn alot about different components and the fundamental backbone laws of electricity.

[@Boikusan]

I love this! I'm gonna have to make one too. I just got a big bag of flickering leds for another project, so now I have a second thing for them. Awesome.

[@shemp308]

All your projects are enjoyable! this one could have use in the right lamp!

[@johnpossum556]

I like these forms of videos you make. You could call them Podcast Projects because it's basically a verbal oriented podcast with a project being coincidentally made at the same time. Takes talent to do both at once & your soldering skills have always been nothing short of amazing. You're an octopus with an iron!

[@johnpossum556]

Don't take this the wrong way but I often listen to these types of videos when insomnia has taken hold of my night. Adrian Black also does some great 8 bit computer troubleshooting & repair that I like for the same purpose. I suppose it takes me back to being in electronics college and doing these sorts of things.

[@user-bu2zp5le2k]

Clive you are far too entertaining to fall asleep to this is an absolute chill out video but you're more unless a sense like Bob Ross and ultimate favorite of mine you're putting happy little electronic components together I'm going to put this happy little capacitor here this smiling fuzzy little diode here I mean classic my friend classic

[@TrystyKat]

Hi Clive. The reason that smart phones and cameras are limited to under 30 minutes of video is because if it can record 30 minutes or more it is considered a video camera and attracts a higher import tariff than a still camera. To keep prices down, manufacturers limit video to 29:59 to avoid the tariff.

[@JerryEricsson]

I picked up a pack of those little wire with plug deals several years ago, I have found them useful for hundreds of things in many projects!

[@MrFurriephillips]

South Main Auto is a wonderful channel. AvE pretty fab. DeBoss Garage no nonsense diesel mechanic. Dangar Marine (Stu is the ultimate laid-back Aussie), varied output, restoring an old trawler with a Detroit Diesel engine - a genuine and sweet guy. Project Brupeg - sweet couple restoring a fairly big, previously sunken trawler, into a research vessel. Doug @ SV Seeker, is pretty chill, when he’s not prankscaring his viewers & his junk-rigged steel origami boat is very unique. Sampson Boat Co, is a Brit doing a classy boat restore. Finally, Acorn To Arabella.

[@Peter_S_]

If you like mechanic channels, you might want to have a look at Garage 54.

[@VacFink]

A very nice effect and well worth the time. I like the bit of blue the pre-crimp connectors seemed to pick up a little bit of both colors.

[@RaithUK]

I think that was a very soothing project with a cool outcome. Nice one Clive.

[@tonyweavers4292]

I enjoy the questions and answers videos. Perhaps you could do more?

[@ciarfah]

Taking a break from my college CE and standards report to watch this wonderful breach of regulations, lol!

[@bigclivedotcom]

The danger makes it better.

[@boboften9952]

? Time to put stunt suit on ?

[@1646Alex]

Thank you so much for being a good person

[@Chrisamic]

In the 1920's and 30's, circumcision was *very* common, and had less to do with religion than it did with the concept of "cleanliness" at that time. It was considered easier to be "clean" if circumcised. Remember this was a time when a room in the house dedicated to daily ablutions was pretty rare if not almost unheard of, and the "shower" being anything like a cultural norm was four or five decades away. No one likes to smell like cheese, yeah? As a result of this my father born in 1933 (Manchester/protestant/CofE) was circumcised. My brother born in 1955 was not circumcised, most likely due to a change in recommendations from UK public health (or whatever it was called at that time). Australian doctors however were recommending circumcision well into the 60's and 70's so there's a lot of us born to ten pound poms in Australia wondering just WTFH, where is our foreskin, and which bloody doctor thought this was a good idea.

[@AndyHullMcPenguin]

An interesting article on the subject can be found here -> circlist.com/rites/uk.html

[@jpdemer5]

Biggest storm in memory = "just a typical day on the Isle of Man."

[@sziltner]

Not trashy at all, lots of fun embedded with ideas and learning! 👍🏻

[@gregorythomas333]

One hour eleven minutes and fifty six seconds of my life absolutely well spent...I love these longer videos...and this project was an excellent result! :) One square mile (~1.6km) of solar panels placed in the Nevada desert could power the entire United States...but they won't do it because a few birds flying over them might get cooked. The solar powered disco rave...like the gasoline powered van towing a diesel powered generator that is being used to recharge an electric car...BUT ITS AN ECO-FRIENDLY CAR they screech ! "Ramble ramble mumble mumble. Things just going through my mind" Dude...this is me every second of the day...so many weird things go through my mind all the time...freaky shit too.

[@bigclivedotcom]

A head full of freaky shit is quite normal for this area of the 'net.

[@boboften9952]

Good Video. Brilliant . Clive.

[@mysock351C]

Speaking of old electronics, Zenith and Sharp used to make some truely indestructible stuff. I used to try and play peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in our old top-loader VCR and other than needing a fresh set of belts afterwards, it kept on trucking. My aunt still has the microwave my parents bought when I was born, which would make it close to 40 years old, and use it regularly. Impressive lifespan from a single magnetron.

[@brianallen9810]

Big Clive, the Bob Ross of electronics.

[@ronfiv9918]

Wow very interesting the lighting at the end.

[@Godofcheese.]

Very satisfying feeling to the see the hopi not flickering ;)

[@edgeeffect]

I used to like to look at our CRT TV whilst using an electric toothbrush... the picture would go wibby-wobbly. I love the way you "grabbed" a nonsensical "snowflake" question and turned it round into a sensible question.

[@mrsheesh3743]

Trick that Clive probably already knows but it might help some others - If you twist both of those connectors' leads in the same direction (Clockwise or counter clockwise) the leads will twist together nicely, handy if you want to end up with them that way. Another neat trick if you use solid wire and want to straighten it is to roll it between 2 flat surfaces, I use 2 small boards; Rolls them nice and straight. Clive - A "Neat Tricks" video could be nice to teach all the other neat tricks we can all teach each other? Things like using incandescent light bulbs as a current limiter (a 60W bulb won't let over 1/4 Amp through, even if your project in series with it is a short circuit; Use higher wattage lamps for more current and lower wattage lamps for less, at low currents those bulbs have rather low resistance and at their limit they light up to show you that you have a problem.)

[@justdam6508]

clive, the reason the phone cuts out around 30 mins is that most mobile phones use a fat32. fat32 has a maximum file size of 4GB (4 minus 2 bytes) so when it reaches around 4GB the video must end

[@RFC3514]

29:38 - This is generally not due to file size issues; with lossy codecs, file size is not tied to video length (if the issue was simply file size, then increasing compression would allow for longer files, but you'll find most devices and OEM recording software still stops after 30 minutes). The issue is customs taxes created to "offset losses to video piracy", which are only applied to devices that can record clips longer than 30 minutes. Camera and phone manufacturers prefer to add the stop-restart function rather than cut their own margins. However, *3rd party applications that don't come pre-installed on the phone can usually bypass this.* You might still have a file size limit (typically 4 GB), depending on the filesystem used, but using a lower bitrate will allow you to record longer clips while staying under that size limit.

[@captaincanada1525]

Still my favorite ASMR

[@mcomiskey7]

Forgive my ignorance Cap, but what does ASMR mean?

[@navexelac2]

Thanks clive. I bought this DIY LED bulb kit to make my own regular DIY bulb. Too bad it won't be warm white to satisfy you, it'll be white white and it won't be built the way your build is. It will be a regular bulb. Still cool, cannot wait to receive it and build it.

[@navexelac2]

@Dave Micolichek Ya can do that. Me i'd rather it be white. It's all based on preferences and what you like it to look like ^^. Yeah i know you can buy one at the store, but i like making my own stuff. It's fun, has me do things so i am not bored. It even gets me to learn things too! I got another curious question, Clive changed a resistor. What would happen if i change the 10 ohm resistor to a smaller value? Is it bad for the LEDS? I know the resistor is a 2W resistor, so it HAS to be a 2W resistor.

[@navexelac2]

@Dave Micolichek Alright, thank you. If anyone would like to add anything, feel free to ^^ I can link the LEDs i bought too, see if you guys have better suggestions for white LEDs.

[@schwartzenheimer1]

Very relaxing, we like it!

[@osjakie]

Well done, that's one funky looking light!

[@CrazyRespawn]

Need more of these longform videos. I just like to sit and listen while I work.

[@bigclivedotcom]

There are livestreams on the other channel BigCliveLive

[@CrazyRespawn]

@@bigclivedotcom how did I not know this! That's awesome. I'll be there.

[@markfergerson2145]

Nobody minds you "rambling". Some people ramble on about things nobody cares about, you don't. That's one thing I've come to admire about your channel- when you're doing something tedious, instead of using the "magic KZbin clap" to get past the tedious bits, you always have some interesting patter to go with, whether or not it has anything to do with what you're actually doing. A lot of my real life is like that- tedium you can't get past magically so you have to fill the time with interesting stuff. EDIT: Oh, yeah- get better soon.

[@ColinJonesPonder]

FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB and is the most popular filesystem for flash drives (up to 64GB), so they keep the filesize compliant. This is not necessarily absolute fact, it's just what makes most sense to me. The hour and a bit flew by. A surprisingly good watch.

[@NiHaoMike64]

@@newscotlandtv Actually, phones tend to use some Flash specific filesystem like F2FS.

[@Purple431]

This is a great project for the holidays, plus your voice is very soothing 👍

[@n7565j]

If you could water proof that rig, it would look awesome in a fish tank... Imagine that setup at night calmly flickering in a fish tank with bigclive telling us how he made it softly in the background... you'd be sound a sleep in minutes ;-) Excellent project Mr BC, thank you sir!!!

[@jamesharris9352]

You can stop solar panels from producing electricity... Simply by covering them with a thin sheet of plywood. I've used duct tape to hold the plywood sheets in place for extended periods of time. Wind can be a *#%!!! Usually during the set up phase when you don't want the panels to produce electricity...

[@getyourkicksagain]

Nice effect; I like it, Clive! It kinda looks like a jellyfish.

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

Yeah, you'd think we'd use more solar down here in AU, problem is the network operators are incompetent (there's 1200MW of solar generation currently in this state, 600MW of which is offline at the moment because the network's not up to snuff (worth noting there's an approvals process they're involved in before you start building a solar farm), and there's also another 3000MW in the pipeline which is currently in limbo due to the same problem), and politicians get too much money from the coal industry. In 2017 the then treasurer (now PM) bought a chunk of coal into parliament to show it was "safe" or something FFS...

[@rebsdioramas]

Yep Australia is probably the best place for solar, most of the country could go "green" pretty easy and quickly if we actually could. But yeah the problem is both major political parties are sucking off oil and coal so it'll never happen. Were also quickly becoming one of the most polluting countries in the world Abbott kicked it off, Turnbull continued it and now Scumo has kicked it into high gear. I live in government housing currently, I think if all government housing (individual units and houses etc) had at least 1kW of solar each it'd lessen the burden on the grids not to mention make it easier for people to live. But unfortunately that wont happen because money.

[@curtw8827]

One problem is solar doesn't work at night so you still need traditional generation. There is no good storage option, GE tried with battery technology but failed so far.

[@adobedoug2564]

Curt W that’s not what Elon thinks, his big battery at Hornsdale looks pretty successful.

[@williamarmstrong7199]

A lump if coal that was so "safe" it had to be varnished before it was considered"safe enough" to be allowed into your parliament! Nice..

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

@@williamarmstrong7199 Well you can't have it leaving black smears everywhere, people might start to think it's 'dirty' ;)

[@STONEDay]

Watching this 1.25x speed while enjoying some recently legal Canadian flowers is fascinating. Have you ever tried herbal flowers? No no it's not a grab a drink kind of video over here it's a roll some herbal flowers kind of video. =) Alcohol makes my body hurt. =(

[@Peter_S_]

Cheers from Colorado were we also have a propensity for legal herbal flowers. Indicas for research, sativas for builds.

[@RandomJunkChannel]

Love the look of the light, especially since you named it the RANDOM JUNK flickering led light thing

[@markattardo]

Interesting. Well worth the listen as I was doing a different project.

[@SilverTopFlyer]

Just home from work. Got my one hour of Clive sleeping meds. Great little lamp. Hope your well.

[@johnrobinson357]

I very much enjoyed it. And as you stated - a good result. Looks good i like it.

[@CyberTechInc2014]

"Peenie flap" oh lord! :joy:

[@StephenBelcher-sr3zk]

“ It’s Like Wise A Baggy old Bag Of Art, Clive:- Randy Crawford.”

[@buckcherry2564]

To the person asking about 'wokeness' being a problem in trades. The only problem I have encountered is anti-woke people starting interpersonal problems with other employees. Anyone can be trained to do the job and do it well, especially trade jobs. Their 'wokeness' or being politically correct doesnt affect their work at all. I have found that firing the problem people and maintaining a group of people that can all work together respectfully if far more productive than making sure I only hire people that can tolerate a caustic work environment. As ex-Army, none of that behavior bothers me personally, but if I have customers walking through, I know that they can walk off and talk to someone and I dont have to direct someone to "keep her away from Plantation Dave, he might say something that loses me this contract". To Clive, well deflected and brought to a relevant point.

[@donaldmeston4165]

10:20 - we've been 20 years from fusion since I was born - 60 years ago....

[@bigclivedotcom]

Yeah. It's always just around the corner and they just need to build a new massive underground hadron collider to check again. It's a bit of a business. Someone's going to discover how to create fusion in their home workshop with random bits of technical junk and a coffee cup.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

@@bigclivedotcom Yeah, like they fire a proton out of an airgun (not that there should be many around these days, but I wouldn't bet on it) at an aluminium disk and it produces enough to light an L.E.D. :-P Or you brother drinks to much whisky and falls on his but and his nose lights up l.o.l., now that would be funny! :-D

[@BoB4jjjjs]

I'm NOT being serious folks before you all jump in and tell me it couldn't work!!! 8-l

[@willybee3056]

Here is one to think about. If I had an unlimited supply of energy, and I wanted to give it away, How much would it cost? If you come up with a close answer, you have just proved that you can think........

[@Pyxis10]

You try bunching together particles that are moving at thousands of miles per second into a very tiny space. Turns out it's really really fucking hard.

[@zsombor_99]

I like your custom LED projects! 👍

[@mikemike7001]

Watching Clive soldering is almost as relaxing as soldering oneself. Don't know why soldering is relaxing, but it is. Maybe it's the fumes.

[@RoadStuffUK]

I have the understanding that the 30-ish minute recording limit is to avoid being classified as a "video recorder" which incurs an EU tax. You might be able to get around it with a firmware hack.

[@nightshadelenar]

most phones running 6.0 or earlier at launch use FAT32, which has a 4GB file limit. his phone has that file limit even though he has more storage than you would safely format as FAT32. a firmware hack wouldn't do there, however, a newer phone running 7.1 or newer for android will be using EXT4 or exFAT, which is similar to NTFS, but more usable in mobile devices with 32GB or more in storage, then the firmware hack would be viable.

[@hughaskew6550]

I think that it would look quite interesting in a small shaded table lamp with the blue lighting the shade and the green mostly shooting out of the open top and putting flickering dots on the wall and ceiling.

[@johnpossum556]

Some brain looking slime on it and it could pass for a ST:TOS alien.

[@Solocat1]

Being an electrician in British Columbia Canada you still have to do a four-year apprenticeship .

[@pileofstuff]

Manitoba as well. I believe it's the norm in all Canadian Provinces.

[@tinplategeek1058]

In the UK, the big companies told the Government (Tory at the time under Margaret Thatcher) that it was too expensive to have apprenticeships. So the whole system was destroyed by her and her sycophants to satisfy her backers. The current lot (Tory party) are even worse!

[@michael040990]

This is my relaxation channel

[@spamletspamley672]

Another good way to see the CRT flicker was to pluck a guitar string up in front of it and watch the waves.

[@twotone3070]

Didn't know about the flickering LEDs so that was useful.

[@misner3485]

Call it the led jellyfish, turn it socket side up overhead, make the remote leds stepped 2 or 3 lengths staggered and splayed, led jellyfish viewed from below!

[@Peter_S_]

That would be the deluxe version of this build. Great idea!

[@databanks]

5 of these kits arrived in the mail today. Think I'll skip the long leads and solder the LEDs all to the board then pop a big lens in front like that disco light you made recently (USB powered flickering lights - your reflow solder experiment in May 2020). I figure I have 3 chunky lenses from an old projection TV to play with, should look interesting with the right case built

[@Lumibear.]

Stick that in a white semi-opaque glass ball shade, should be interesting.

[@Big_Loo]

I miss these long build videos 😢

[@StephenBelcher-sr3zk]

“ And Now!, I shall add one bucket of water out of The Sea’s”, Clive.

[@stevefox3763]

Those JST XH connectors are only used in toy grade RC, we dont use them in our hobby grade rc craft. We use JST RCY, XT30, XT60 and XT90 for power mainly but some die hards still insist on using the crappy deans connectors. For connections that are not power delivery systems, the JST SH 1.0 connector is very common in anything from 3P to 8P.