Extra weird USB powered (less deadly) LED toadstool light build.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

Oh. My. God. A 1 hour long clive video. On a weekend. It's... perfect!

[@maicod]

its like watching a detective :)

[@BrunoPOWEEER]

I'm an electronic technician, I just finished watching 57min it felt more like 10min... you're giving priceless tips for new DIY and even for technicians/engineers!!! I have my own "weird" techniques, I am very particular and picky with little details and was really interesting watching your style, I realised that we have very similar view of things... very simple video but those little tips hooked me watching for 57min =]

[@superdau]

"you can do whatever you like" "there's no such thing as a bad mess. stuff happens" Clive, you definitely are the *Bob Ross of electronics*!

[@aussieaeromodeler]

Thanks Clive , that wire cutting tip for lots of leads the same length is pure genious :D

[@JerryEricsson]

I have been spending the last few days reviewing your older videos, and came upon this one, which I believe is really great. A couple of your comments took me back to my youth, and some wonderful times for me. For example the blue flowers comment, on the farm where I grew up, there were patches of blue bell's, a lovely little blue flower that has a very nice smell and, well are just very nice to behold. I was about 12 or perhaps a bit younger, and my family went to visit my Uncle and Aunt, and their family, it was a strange relationship as my father and the father of the other family were brothers, and my mother, and the mother of the other family were sisters, so we children were "double cousins" as it were. At any rate there was another young girl about my age there, and we found there was quite an attraction between us. We played outdoors most of the day, as children did back then because who wanted to be indoors when the sun was shining and there was nothing to listen to on the radio till evening anyhow. I don't recall exactly what we were pretending to be, because that was how we played back then, someone would proclaim "pretend we are passengers on a wagon train going west!" or some such order, and we as a group would begin to live that life for some time. Well it ended up that the visiting young girl and myself found ourselves on the other side of a large hill from the rest of the kids, and we came upon a large patch of blue bells. we sat and looked over the prairie, it was really very nice, and in the pretend mode we were husband and wife, so I took her in my arms and kissed her, she returned it and, well things progressed. I never dreamed that I would make love at such a young age, and I doubt she thought that either, however we actually did, it was amazing, one of those memories that I shall indeed cherish for the rest of my days. We never told anyone of our act, well at least I never did, it was a very personal moment, but when I smell those bluebells, or see a patch growing on the lonely prairie, I think of her and our innocent youth.

[@JerryEricsson]

Oh and the other comment, about Super Glue. I have used it occasionally, and usually end up with my fingers stuck together. I used to complain about that until I began to help my neighbor at his prep room in the funeral home, super glue is GREAT for making those eyelids stay closed and the hands together on the bodies, and talk about holding damaged skin together till the makeup is applied....

[@bigclivedotcom]

My brother is an embalmer. He does use superglue for similar things.

[@68MalKontent]

To make it completely weird looking, I'd put a UV LED in the base, which would make the phosphor glow during operation and also charge it from the inside out for a nice long glow when it's turned off :)

[@sebimoe]

"Maybe it's yellow lead" - I was supposed to go to sleep early today, not laugh hysterically.

[@502patate]

You're like the Bob Ross of electronics

[@dennis8196]

Priceless comment

[@Purple431]

Bob Ross of LEDs?

[@johngalt7382]

Just a tiny dab of flux, we don't want to use too much, but it is your world, there are no mistakes, only happy accidents, you can make a flux sculpture in your world.

[@qwertyasdf66]

Thanks for mentioning the dupont connectors -- I just ordered a gazillion of them. I recently got the molex ones, even though I really wanted dupont connectors, simply because I didn't know what to search for.

[@squishy312]

I have a similar soldering station, the 898D+. It's probably the best investment that I've made with hobby tools. I use the heat gun for not only shrink wrap, but also for my 3D prints when the size isn't quite right with fitting something in. The convenience of being able to flip the switch and be soldering in 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes alone is worth it.

[@rbmwiv]

I have one of those trigger solder guns that heat up instantly and hot. They are great for big wires. I have to use it in certain automotive situations if I can’t crimp, sometimes you have to break out a torch. Making battery cables you definitely need a torch and a vice. But luckily most wires are normal size and they have stated putting fiber optics for certain can communication in BMWs. If it has that the fiber optics diagnostic port is in the dash.

[@mnelson10000]

Great video! A much easier way to do it would be to buy premade JST pigtails. You could wrap them in floral wire to give them rigidity.

[@animationcreations42]

Why is it whenever I watch one of your videos, I spend a fortune on ebay!

[@WM2869]

Hahaha solar lights (yet to be put up) and other suff

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I usually end up in poundland! (oh Clive, cheers for the pointer to the 'pack o random small batteries with 2 off 23As in it...my old steinel combi-chek uses them and it's handy to keep a pack in the car :)

[@hackeritalics]

oh god, it's so true... I just spend 50$ on LED's, Molex connectors and battery terminals. No shit. HAHA In all fairness 50$ here and there isn't so bad considering what we're getting. ^^;; At this point I've gotten so into this shit because of clive that I've started actually making useful things. :D It's so cool being able to do that now!

[@domino52o26]

@@hackeritalics No doubt. Its f#cking awesome.

[@Kudos1799]

Sure piques the curiosity of our postmen, who hand me the grey packages from China.

[@LPFthings]

Could have put a little 3mm UV LED into the base to charge up the glow powder and make it extra glowy while it was running.

[@Seattlemike009]

50 min? I always fall asleep first in 10 min.. thank you this video will be enough for a hole week

[@tocsa120ls]

If you got that Apple charger for less, than £10, I would strongly suggest taking a peek.

[@kyoudaiken]

I would strongly suggest not buying it.

[@ahettinger525]

BloodySword: you're not from around here, are you?

[@kyoudaiken]

A Hettinger From around where?

[@ahettinger525]

+Bloodysword: This is the bigclive channel. He doesn't avoid dodgy electronics, he seeks them out, then rips them apart to satisfy our insatiable curiosity for thing that make give us a fair bit of tingling. The dodgier the better! I mean, he reviewed a water heater that was basically two wires in your glass plugged directly into the mains.

[@kyoudaiken]

A Hettinger And what exactly does it have to do that I don't recommend buying cheap dodgy chargers to actually USE them?

[@yadabub]

What I learned from this video: In the U.S., flux is composed of used lard.

[@grahamrdyer6322]

57 mins of delight, Thanks Clive, by the way I use the clear flow solder flux.

[@AlanJenney]

A bit on electronics history: why is the pitch between leads on many electronics components 0.1", when they are a (relatively) modern scientific invention? The frame had to be precisely made on the large scale of the external connections as well as the microscopic pads for the flying contacts to the chip. So original lead frames for integrated circuits needed the specialist manufacturing skills of jewelers and the prototypes were made in the Jewellery Quarters of cities. They worked in inches, so they put the legs 1/10" apart. Despite much of the electronics industry already working in mm, even in the US, it stuck. When smaller pitches were needed for more highly integrated components, fractions-of-an-inch were still used. These days, metric is the norm: 2.5mm approximates the 2.54mm, etc. on smaller scales.

[@SigEpBlue]

Neat to see someone using a Helping Hands as intended. I got mad enough at the one I picked up from RadioShit that I threw it out my 4th-floor window. :) As far as the heat-shrink, I usually buy it in four-foot lengths from a local electronics shop, and the dimensions are given THREE ways: in English (inches, fractional and decimal), in metric (mm), and in AWG (American Wire Gauge). The latter is very much a standard here, especially in industrial electronics, but also in the NEC, domestic wiring, etc.

[@kyoudaiken]

I really like this project. I made a ceiling lamp with a similar technique. The only difference is that the LEDs are hanging on Wires and are wrapped around tensed silver wires to both make connection and stay on there. Works well. 50 "warm"* white straw hat LEDs at 4 Watts with an unregulated linear power supply which has slightly too less voltage for the 5 LEDs in series and then 10 of them in parallel. *: It's 3800K instead of 2700K

[@phil2156]

some plumbing flux is highly activated and will corrode the wires after some time. Might want to avoid that stuff in the future. nice video

[@maxximumb]

Brilliant, more big, long ones Clive.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Well that was a good reason for a coffee break. great information about connectors and crimps ;-)

[@cloudfannotthatcloud8306]

The helping hand , Clive! For those boring minutes while the resin cures.

[@PerrynBecky]

When I have a large clump like that to solder, I get out the micro torch, it heats the wire up much faster, and the solder gives a much better penetration throughout as well.

[@greatgrumb]

Best 56 minutes of KZbin ever, might even attempt to do this (get ready for where do I buy this from haha).Thanks sir Clive for your videos, so much better than the crap that's on tv 😃

[@thesmallestatom]

your hand movements are very engaging.

[@raymondj8768]

i just love going threw the older videos . theres some real jewls in there 57 min jewls lol

[@nrdesign1991]

Those are the Molex KK series contacts and housings, if I remember correctly. We use these, or similar ones at work, they work very well, the pistol-shaped crimping tool is a bit finnicky, though.

[@mirkomueller3412]

wow, great advice for cutting lots of wires THANKS !!!!!

[@silkysixx]

Your use of the word 'modest' is absolute proof that words mean nothing at all without context. I love interpreting your Britishisms.

[@shemp308]

kool!! good small project to get my grandson involved in. Thanks

[@lordofdoom11]

Hey there Clive, just wanted to leave some feedback on this long format video, i quute liked it, you should do more of these project - videos from start to finish, even though they're long, they're fun to watch. Keep up the good work, greetings from Romania

[@Yrouel86]

You can also use a mini torch to solder such large bundle of wires with a bit of extra flux. Just minding of the insulation

[@Fizzbin25]

My God Clive ! No warm white Led's in sight ! I use an old giant copper soldering iron heated with my gas torch for large bundles of wires, sometimes the old tech is still the best :)

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

It turned out to be a monstrosity, but I like it Big Clive!

[@ozmick126]

I like your long rambling vids Clive.

[@subigirlawd_7307]

This is so me! Thank you for uploading this Clive 💜😘

[@-yeme-]

when twisting and soldering bigger clumps of wires like that you can also cut a couple of lengths of solder and twist them in with the wires then when you apply the heat youve got strands of solder already in the depths of the joint

[@jef____4054]

nice, a feature length video! I like your new format!

[@swenedu.]

That was totally amazing to watch! Thank you!

[@Magnetic_Spaceman]

you are truly the bob ross of electronics

[@clynesnowtail1257]

I had the same thought while I was watching the video.

[@mc_cpu]

ASMR for nerds. Great stuff!

[@ArtMorte]

"An hour long Clive video", I thought, "there's no way I'm watching it all, but I'll take a little look". That was an hour ago.

[@timramich]

I haven't had any good luck with those ratcheting crimp tools. I bought a parallel-scissor-action one for a little bit more, made by a reputable company. The only thing I can't find that is affordable is a tool to crimp terminals that are for like 24 AWG and thinner. I think I when I next do projects that have those types of connectors, I am going to have to bit the bullet and buy the crimpers from the manufacturer of the connector.

[@youngengineer6697]

You finally used the helping hands in a video, only had to have everyone complain on your older videos.

[@douro20]

The crimping tool from Molex is made in such low numbers that most distributors only carry one or two at a time, and the lead time is around six weeks in most cases. I would imagine being so expensive (around USD 1300) that they are individually manufactured by hand in a small shop attached to the Lisle, IL plant.

[@19Skanking82]

Love your videos! They are so relaxing

[@keithstathem872]

Yes, heat shrink tubing in the US is in fractional inches - and 2.4mm is 3/32", so no actual sizing difference.

[@tuxontour]

With glow in the dark potting I would suggest a UV LED that charges the stuff up like crazy.

[@juliannicholls]

I can wholeheartedly endorse those Poundland iPhone 5/6 sync cables for their original purpose. The one I bought works better than the one that came with my phone, and is frankly more robust.

[@bookmuppet]

I think shorting the data leads tells a device you might hook it up to that it can draw more power ( for charging etc.. ) seeing as you cut out the connector that connects to a device and not a source.., it should not be a problem to connect to a PC. the LED's will draw as much current as they need regardless ( doing this with a " smart " chargeable device could possibly have it draw more then a computers circuitry might be able to safely provide )

[@CAZinAustralia]

Have the same soldering station and i love it.

[@scottmulligan912]

56:59 minutes of my life is going to get wasted watching more big Clive's Videos.

[@liesalllies]

its not a waste, man.

[@scottmulligan912]

Just finished watching the video, Another great video from Big Clive.

[@BrunoPOWEEER]

So simple but soooo many little tips, it was more like hanging with a technician friend just playing with things on the bench.... felt more like 10min...

[@MazeFrame]

I will take the dive in 10 hours.

[@sdgelectronics]

I believe the 'Dupont' connectors are originally Harwin's design - the M20 series.

[@stevetobias4890]

G4 connectors work great also Clive. They are designed for waterproof 12v LED's. Also your helping hands could have held the unit while waiting for the resin to set.

[@jamesparker1604]

Really like what you are doing keep it up and I will watch some more.

[@danielhorne6042]

you want to plug the leds into the power bank then the power bank into a wall charger so in the event of a power cut they stay on just like a ups backup powered led lights if you have plenty of the dumb power banks . as some still put out power even when on charge

[@skilletpan5674]

They look like 2 pin fan (for PC etc) plugs. I've visit a re recycling store and see if you can pick them up cheap. There are usually heaps of these in old cases. You may find a bunch of 3 pin though.

[@atbglenn]

Clive, you are one talented guy :)

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Heat shrink in the US is done primarily in inches (Imperial system) just like most of the other measurments. There are some places that used metric though but it is was phased out due to p[opular demand I would use red heat shrink on the red leads and black on the black leads though

[@GazL92]

Interestingly, Poundworld (Poundlands arch-rival) have started selling those exact little USB power banks complete with 1200mah 18650 cell for £1, which is quite handy for USB projects and such. Crazy to think the manufacturing cost of them has come down so much they're able to sell them so cheaply and still turn a profit!

[@stargazer7644]

Plumbers flux is usually acidic which will eventually corrode electrical connections. That’s why you don’t use plumber’s solder in electronics.

[@neilventurini6175]

Love your stuff man, keep em coming.

[@JamesSleeman]

Xh is actually 2.5, not 2.54 (despite chinese vendor ebay descriptions), for 2 poles it's close enough for either pitch of holes, but add more poles and things will get further and further out.

[@ExStaticBass]

You know what I haven't seen in a long time? A Larson scanner. I'd love to see you do one of the old transistor style Larson scanners and explain how it interacts between segments. I've done several of them with decade counters and 555 timers but I've never been able to get one using the old method to work.

[@nolansprojects2840]

Damn you clive! You showed us how to get cheap diy soldering practice kits on ebay and now I spent $60 on misc kits and components!! Hahahaha, actually, thanks! They are lots of fun!

[@JerryEricsson]

Your home must be a wonderful experience in lighting! Perhaps a fairy castle?

[@thebeststooge]

Holy Smokes (the only cigarette brand endorsed by God) this is almost 1 hour long? WOW.

[@JimGriffOne]

I use CPC or Farnell for most of my electronics stuff but Farnell can be quite expensive for some items. Might try Rapid.

[@ironman7261]

Have the same soldering station, plumbing flux traditionally was acid based and would never be used on electrical circuits the newer stuff is water based i remember thinking about trying it but chickened out and used the proper rosin based flux

[@samfosteriam]

nice one. thanks for all the tips and the longer video - real paydirt

[@MrMartinSchou]

When you're soldering those chunky connections, I was wondering what the result would be, if you had braided some solder into the chunks?

[@iamdarkyoshi]

A word of warning with the pipe flux... Some of them are conductive. I leaned this the hard way.

[@DanaGould0]

Do they still sell acid pipe flux? That stuff would be doubly not recommended for electrical work.

[@TheDgdimick]

I agree with you, however, what happens when you use it?

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Denis Dimick I once used it (for lack of any other stuff at the time) on a car audio amplifier. The PCB caught fire even though I did try to clean the excess flux off. Did manage to reconstruct the charred board and its been working for 3 years. Avoid it as PCB solder, its fine for wires and stuff to be honest...

[@DreStyle]

+Luke Den Hartog a conductive flux? never heard that before!... maybe I'm lucky?

[@PsiQ]

I did not yet know about the conductive type, but "they" always warn you not to use pipe flux for electronics, because of corrosion over time. On the other hand i'm using a residue free/no clean flux-pen, and you can also make your own flux with isopropanol + kolophonium.

[@ryanthecool5445]

I love these long videos.

[@AdrianCastravete]

Just recently I've watched one of your newer videos, with a warm and cold LED tree, that you then converted into colour changing ones. And it was funny that around 33:48 I was having DejaVu's to the newer one. I guess good practices don't need changing. Top marks for the vids!

[@bigclivedotcom]

+Adrian Castravete The circuit board makes the newer version a lot easier to assemble. It's nice enough that I'll probably get a batch manufactured.

[@AdrianCastravete]

That sounds nice! It's even awesome that it has BIGCLIVEDOTCOM written on it. ;)

[@StealthAngel667]

Love love love these kind of full project expositions! Also, not even using warm white LEDs?

[@general0ne]

I have a jar of that exact flux paste (though mine is a smaller jar). I've had it for probably over 10 years!

[@GregGothAckMiell]

I wonder if an inverted uv led potted into the base could cause the photoluminescent powder to glow continually

[@merlinathrawes6191]

Great little Godzilla crimping tool there.

[@barrytipton1179]

From my diy plumbing days 30 plus years ago flux paste there was no need clean the copper pipe with wire wool the flux had be wiped off and burned ones hands was a bit corrosive sent the pipes green in days if not wiped others weren’t ad harsh not sure if the one u using is the corrosive

[@StephenWebbone]

bigclivedotcom the Martha Stewart of electronics. I believe I prefer your videos when you drink, they're usually longer lots more dialog😁.

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

I have a small butane torch that I use on stuff like that. Is that wrong?

[@twocvbloke]

Very fun creation indeed, I'd probably lack the patience to do it though, still have two LED clock kits to build that I bought last year, haven't done it cos the SMD components are a PITA to solder!! :P

[@reggiebacci]

Heavenly Blue Morning Glory has blue flowers. Also seeds contain ergine (LSA) which is similar in effect to LSD, in keeping with trippy mushroom theme. And they say you don't learn anything in college...

[@jamesgann560]

lmao, French fries smell from American product... thats gold! i love it. And in America the sizes are metric. honestly I've always preferred metric to imperial.

[@arcadeuk]

Hah! I have the same Raaco drawer with almost exactly the same number of 2 way molex housings in it!

[@bigclivedotcom]

Plus the bag with the rest that didn't fit in and made the drawer jam.

[@stefantrethan]

Same here... I usually write either the re-order number, or the location of the bag/box/reel in the bottom of the drawer. A local mail order sold the molex plugs pre-terminated with wire, very convenient, I'm sure they can still be had from china.

[@michellefoster1020]

This might be a silly question I know you’re a very experienced guy why don’t you start at the bottom for some flocks on the twist cables and let it flow up because it will flow uphill

[@MrAbowker]

Hello Clive, interesting about the 10th of an inch spacing, perhaps it comes from enginnering where much of it is done in thousands of an inch making each hole 100 thou apart.

[@squalazzo]

i've put some heat shrink tube (and shrinked them in place) on both the "jaws" of the alligator clips, to "soften" their force and prevent signs or worst on the clipped objects... also this make them less "slippery"... little trick, very useful :D

[@bigclivedotcom]

That's a good idea, because they can be quite sharp.

[@squalazzo]

+bigclivedotcom www.zovirl.com/2012/10/31/improved-third-hand/

[@flightographist]

Thanks for doing what you do big guy; biologist learning electronics: as that biologist- it's a clump of fungal fruiting bodies, the leds are the sporophyte, the leads are the hyphae- phucking cool!

[@1marcelfilms]

oh and about 41:00 I used to buy led local when i was a kid. it cost over 40 cents for just one and color changing ones cost me 2 euros.

[@PsiQ]

Hmmmm - Now im only missing the one small uv-led in the glowing base to give it the extra aftermath-glow :-) Nice video, only now seen that it's almost an hour long !

[@thefirsted]

11:38 "Yes. Eat your heart out queenie. This is the home of decadence." LOLOLOL

[@Luke-san]

2947 down votes at this time. What the hell is happening +bigclivedotcom? That can not be right! Any way cool video and I am sure your mother will like this. You're an example!

[@Luke-san]

lol, something must have happened on youtubes site now only 2 people miss clicked the thumbs down instead of the up.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

That European thing about sizing is really odd. In Portugal, at least, sheet timber still comes in 8' by 4' except they say 2.44 x 1.22 metres. Most plumbing sizes are in inches.

[@thysonsacclaim]

I have that same helping hand. My only issue with it is that the base on mine is very light pot metal... so it falls over very easily. I've been meaning to fill it with lead or put it on a clamp.

[@JerryEricsson]

Have you ever taken a walk through the pasture, and observed the toadstools, wild flowers, and the like? I am sure over in your part of the world, it must be quite like where I live, in the North Country where heavy snow is the winter, and extreme heat can be our summer.