I wrecked B&Q's biggest LED lamp then bodged a repair

[@Leonard_Smith]

When faced with two screws that were screaming "Unscrew Us" why does Clive still go with a blunt instrument and destruction? Because that is what Clive is. And it's why so many love his approach to electronics...

[@franceslarina5508]

Right? I learned early on, "take out all visible screws first" but Clive has taught me otherwise as I grew older.

[@user-rs8zg8ey2b]

Jack hammer needed.

[@rickseiden1]

Thanks, Clive! I think I've found my new life motto. "Not to worry. It's what I've done." It's just so simple, easy, and powerful. I love it.

[@thorntontarr2894]

I, too noted what you have said. I love this rationalization.

[@rebmcr]

(Looking at the scar on my hand as Clive describes how I got it...) That's a lesson you only need to learn once. If you're lucky, that "once" is someone else - stay safe everyone!

[@DijonFromage]

"Cut towards your chum, not toward your thumb." I've got a few of those myself.

[@ShinyPeeko]

Fast cut/super thin cutting disks on angle grinders are great for making nice scars on your hand too :)

[@rebmcr]

I remember the triage nurse saying "Yes, it probably is" in reply to my question "Is that the bone at the bottom?" It was quite a sharp knife!

[@webchimp]

The scar on my hand is from trying to catch a falling soldering iron. Don't do that.

[@elonmust7470]

I've slices the back of my right hand fingers open with sharp chain saw chain probably over 100 times. Filing the saw in the dawn hours of the morning, feeling less than alert. Chisel bit saw chain makes a nice deep gash...

[@12voltvids]

You popped it

[@annoyingbstard9407]

Having spent a short period working on the returns desk at B & Q I’m amazed it actually worked at all.

[@confusedvoyager7916]

If you get bored listening to BigClive narrating his frustration, you're life is too easy.

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

... is too easy. (Don't come here to learn English.)

[@milcotto4153]

How did you arrive at that conclusion? :-)

[@SunDancerGE]

I feel like we should gift Clive one of these gloves that professional fishermen use... that look like chainmail.

[@just_noXi]

As a bonus it increases contact surface which is exciting when it touches some angry pixies.

[@StalwartShinobi]

What's the glove for? Would love one if it prevents your fingers getting hooked but seems like a fantasy 😂

[@StalwartShinobi]

@@TheMcspreader so do they help prevent piercing? Might aswell get a cheap chefs mitt if not

[@ro63rto]

@@StalwartShinobi Oyster shuckers use them.

[@truckerallikatuk]

@@ro63rto As do butchers. They are chainmail, very, very fine chainmail, and very expensive.

[@TMcGlynn100]

"I'll just show you on the.. shhhhhhhhhhhhhhcematic" LOL that was too much

[@seamuslily]

Love the way he says that

[@reinux]

schmoooo

[@jim4165]

Hints of JB!

[@johnpossum556]

BC is the Sean Connery of lights.

[@Nono-hk3is]

@@johnpossum556 omg ur right

[@wimwiddershins]

I really thought we were going to see Clive slice his hand open early on. Ergh.

[@EsotericArctos]

He's done that before.

[@agenericaccount3935]

So did Clive.

[@ProffyChaos]

I know what you mean. Every time it would slip I was wincing.

[@notpublic7149]

.... with concern indeed.

[@wkndplaya]

That was one of those nononono moments

[@joeclarke9782]

Interesting experiment. New favorite quote - "Not to worry, its what I have done."

[@wfrandles]

Try putting the screws in the plastic with a small counter rotation you will here a pop when the threads line up then tighten the screen clockwise. It works well for old brittle Retro handheld computer's.

[@frinkemon]

That wasn't bad really. Though as a rule I do tend to seek out and remove lots of screws. It's quite frustrating though when you are looking for a screw or a clip or something and I'm sat here shouting "ITS BEHIND THE THINGY". In my news, whilst watching this, I managed to embed the top of the SMPSU chip in the amp I am working on into my ceiling. This is because one of the aforementioned stray screws ended up stuck between the pins of another component, most likely the resistor and capacitor that I haven't found yet.

[@PsoriasisChannel]

Always cut away from yourself. To prevent cut wounds. Always Clive!

[@urgtuiop5455]

As a youngster I followed that rule when making various balsa wood model airplanes. One day the knife caught the grain and I whittled my finger. I still have a faint V shaped scar. Lucky the bone stopped the blade in time :-)

[@johndododoe1411]

On a globe, all paths lead back to the beginning.

[@ecc84]

Many years ago i was making an airfix model kit of the HMS Victory, I was using a scalpel and was trimming some of the plastic from where it had slightly overmoulded and was pulling the blade towards me. In moment of stupidity i slipped and the scalpel blade went blade first directly into the end of my thumb right up to the hilt. It didn't hurt until i pulled the bastard out and that's when i found out that you have a pulse at the end of your thumb as blood spurted in rather large quantities all over the place. I look back often and laugh at this lol

[@stevedavis770]

The advice that I has was "always cut towards your mate"!

[@RottnRobbie]

Ave says "Cut towards your chum, not your thumb""

[@richardsevern2048]

I have only just seen your videos for the first time. I'm onto my fourth one now. It makes a change from politics. Thank you.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

"What's the take-away from this?" Seriously Clive? I've been watching your channel for almost a decade now and I can't count how many times I've shouted at the screen "Take the screws out!" of "You missed that other screw!". Thanks for the informative videos.

[@planker]

i had some anxiety effects watching you carve into that orb. "for those of us playing along at home".

[@zmanicminer]

I have one on those exact butter knives in my toolbox, it makes for a most excellent spudger

[@redoverdrivetheunstoppable4637]

same, it also heats up very quickly on a ZVS

[@Nono-hk3is]

Im intrigued by the effeciency to be had from using the inductor. Even more effecient if it doesn't turn on at though, I guess. Thanks Clive!

[@captianmorgan7627]

"This is looking fairly promising." I glance back at the title to make sure I read it correctly.

[@stevebrodie7777]

Hammer time , advice coming from a HCV mechanic . push on through all the way to the danger Zone !

[@rpavlik1]

"Not to worry, it's what I've done.". What an attitude to have, very impressive.

[@sparkyprojects]

A nuse once said to me that a cut with a sharp knife is best for suturing, a blunt knife leaves a jagged edger However, a sharp knife is likely to go deeper.

[@malakilab]

Stabbing yourself with a blunt knife is not fun either. I laugh so much when everything go wrong. Thanks Clive!

[@franceslarina5508]

A stab AND a bruise.

[@tjsynkral]

You need a few guitar picks or extra spudgers to hold the gap when you make a gap.

[@ian-c.01]

I like it when things don't go exactly to plan, that's usually when a video gets a bit more interesting.

[@whitesapphire5865]

I got one of those scars when I was about seven or eight years old, except that I was only trying to forcibly open an orange 🍊

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

reminds me of when the "hard bastard" of my year 5 primary school class managed to cut his hand open while attempting to open a yogurt pot with a plastic spoon instead of peeling the lid off, which he deemed himself too badass to consider.

[@tin2001]

I got one with a potato peeler when I was about 5 trying to spudger open an apple.

[@johndododoe1411]

Got mine stripping a cable with a knife.

[@coen555]

Got a decent life long scar from a knick in a tape measure running over my thumb. Bleed like a stuck pig and I still feel uncomfortable when a tape measure retracts quickly.

[@alexanderthomas2660]

I now imagine you always opening oranges with a spudger.

[@Plons0Nard]

I did a mod to a ledlamp, and reducing the power by modifying the current limit resistor, is limited in range. I wanted to go back to 40% of the rated power and the lamp started flashing. 60% was the limit. I bought a bunch of 10 ohm pots which I put in series with the existing current limit resistors. Makes life much easier. Cheers 👍🤝🇳🇱

[@tkermi]

This form factor is nice and easy when replacing about similar size traditional incandescent bulbs (mainly on porches etc.). Mine has worked about 10 years already. I think it's 18W or 15W rated and from Biltema. Not cheap though, was about 12-15€ back then.

[@1arebeast]

I would like to recommend my favorite tool for opening and peeling anything: a small (3cm wide) putty knife that has been sharpened at the tip. I have two, one sharpened just at the very tip, with a pretty rounded curve to the edge, and one that has been thinned out much further. The rounded one is far more useful.

[@mrsheesh3743]

The good thing about a sharp spudger is that the scars are thinner and heal fast. The bad thing about a sharp spudger is that the scars are deeper and more plentiful. Darn tradeoffs!

[@franceslarina5508]

Someone needs to market a sharp spudger with a depth limiter.

[@braeburnhilliard8340]

Skip forward? Heck no! I sat down with a cup of coffee and a bowl of ice cream for this episode!

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

Have you ever put ice cream in your coffee?

[@absolutely1337]

that sounds like a painful, tooth achy, combination, my friend.

[@ferrumignis]

@@absolutely1337 Nothing like applying a bit of thermal shock to your chompers whilst relaxing to a Big Clive video.

[@braeburnhilliard8340]

@@absolutely1337 oh no. The ice cream is delicious and the coffee is to prevent brain freeze!

[@bluevanman2008]

B&Q = Block & Quale. I'm full of useless information LOL :D

[@tinygriffy]

At first I saw BBQ ... reminded me of the ultrafire lithium battery brand like in barbecuing LEDs

[@GordonHenderson]

And here was me thinking it was Buy & Queue ...

[@dashcamandy2242]

That's almost as bad as our dollar-store soap brand: Klar & Danver. lol

[@hackbear5668]

Hey Clive, I figured I'd just let you know the reason behind their usage of the "Confidential" watermark is tied to the licensing of that document. If you look at the bottom, it has been labeled as "For Customer Use Only". Their point of doing this is to allow them to more easily go after people re-hosting the document or ripping parts from it without referring to their own site.

[@1978garfield]

"I am Rodger. I am a Spudger." Also "I may have used unreasonable force." is my new favorite expression. I can just see you in some adventure movie, charged to bring the big bad in alive. We see you in your leader's office, you open a suit case and dump out still smoldering shins, ankles and feet of the big bad. "I may have used unreasonable force."

[@johnpossum556]

It'd be easier to say "He George Floyded that light!"

[@kcrichton7485]

I have a scar on my thumb from opening a starwars light saber with a serated steak knife as a child, I waved my hand about rapidly and after mum fixed me (nhs nurse) I realised I got blood on the bedding that had just been washed and splattered the white hallway wall paper and all 🤣🤣

[@scream221]

I had a similar experience yesterday. I wanted to dim down a 15W ceiling lamp. It has a SIC9554A which is the same chip as the BP one but from Shenzhen SI Semiconductors. As the sense resistor it had 5.6R in parallel to 1R. I just removed the 1R which should have given me roughly 2.7W output. But the lamp did not light up, when plugged in. Instead it gave a brief bright flash every time I unplugged it. With the 1R back in place it worked as before again. My assumption is that the LED short protection kicked in. I will try it tomorrow with a lower value sense resistor. So there seems to be a lower limit to the power you can set. EDIT: I just had another look at the datasheet and noticed that Radj for the OVP is also dependent on the Rsense. so, when I sixfold the Rsense I should have divided the Radj by 6 as well

[@CDE.Hacker]

I'd understand why the chip didn't like you. I wouldn't be happy if you came at me with a knife. 😂

[@TerryLawrence001]

The vast majority of the "more expensive 3 to 10W" bulbs I have opened here in Canada look exactly like that one. It's the cheap ones that are so easy to hack.

[@Paddy_Roche]

Clive, you really scare me at times, lol. Fantastic viewing and really educational. I cannot thank you enough for this Channel.

[@RODALCO2007]

I often put a bit of Vaseline on those self-tapping screws to avoid them seize or cross thread. I use the same mod you just made for this lamp. It will work for years.

[@kcrichton7485]

"If its glass, wear gloves" how about leave the lamp alone man 🤣 you save me from wrecking my house to see how things work, cheers mate

[@stridermt2k]

Personally when it all goes awry that's when things get uniquely cool as long as nobody gets hurt. I would throw some into slow color changer LEDs under that dome it looks like it would diffuse VERY nicely. Good stuff regardless!

[@petersage5157]

I've had great success opening lamps like this with a stout ceramic paring knife. Other things to try might be nylon spudgers or nylon bicycle tire levers. The thickness of the blade is often essential in liberating the globe from the adhesive holding it to the base. That's a delicious pi filter in the power supply. Pity the rest of the lamp wasn't so well ingineered.

[@FIXDIY]

Thank you Clive

[@thomasluggiero3413]

I love your color coding to tell what is all connected.

[@sziltner]

Now that was a FUN video to watch! Cheers 🍻

[@MrJordanwain]

I had 2 of these last year in a previous house and they were brilliant!

[@davestech6357]

So just what are you lighting up with all the dim lamps you modified anyways?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Everything.

[@ronsimpson8666]

I took off a cover for a 16led phillip bulb. It was tough, as the glue was so thick it almost covered the led's. I have more respect for your efforts to create this content. Thanks!

[@BRUXXUS]

After I had a Philips LED bulb die after many years, I also attempted to take it apart. That thing was utterly shredded by the time I got into it.

[@anononomous]

Picked up one of these cheap a while ago. Bright enough to replace a fairly typical 3 bulb fitting on it's own and (for fear of tempting fate) is still going strong after a couple of years.

[@linuxgreybeard9945]

As a child, I used to get up to all the things BC gets up to now. Nothing electrical or vaguely electronic was safe from being reverse engineered. I was once levering a very hard plastic case apart with a screwdriver (IIRC) and the case shattered. I still have the 1.25 inch scar on my thumb where the plastic acted as a makeshift scalpel. It compliments nicely the star shaped scar from a flying molten solder ball from tapping the soldering iron on the table to clean the tip.

[@johnpossum556]

I have a small V shaped scar where a BB entered my hand. It stayed there for 2 days until I got to a hospital and had it removed.

[@shay4578]

It's nice to see there is something to be done about the horrible overwork demanded of the LEDs and with very little intervention with the circuit. All you have to do is avoid messing with this lamp entirely and grab a cheap one you can mess with without cutting yourself and breaking it to bits in the process.

[@Graham_Rule]

I've got a lamp just like that sitting next to me waiting for me to go to B&Q to buy a replacement. It ran very nicely in my living room for something like 5 years. I'm going to wait for my second vaccination before joining the queues to get into the shop. I had a quick check and I think my one has a glass globe, or at any rate one that doesn't deform when I press it.

[@daveking2111]

A suggestion Clive. Although you may already do it. When replacing screws into existing holes, particularly of the self tapping variety into plastic, it's worth turning anticlockwise first and you often feel the thread click as it lines up the start of the screw thread with that of the thread in the plastic. It means that you're not cutting a new thread but following the existing thread.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I normally do. These screws were a strange type that didn't lead in easily.

[@stevefriedl3983]

Re: Spudger: "Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it cuts my hand down to the bone. Oh dear, let me get my biohazard-proof pie tin" :-)

[@highpath4776]

Pie Tins - not the Princes ones that you tin open open - dont use the tops as a frisbee - throwing or catching it will end in tears

[@czonczike630]

I have a 22 watt 4000K version that I bought in Interspar, and it seems like a good design, because I thought that it would overheat quickly, but it didn't. It looks great dangling out of a pendant. I have taken it apart, and that worked after the dissasembly. That one had less circuitry.

[@charlestwoo]

hey Clive, I bought a few flower shaped large LED lamp (they open kinda like a ceiling fan) and 2 of them had their capacitors explode inside and I wonder if you would tear one down and find out why and how they're made.

[@Kineth1]

I would like to see this!

[@Jtoothebbb]

Love your videos Clive! Your voice is equivalent to the David Attenborough of the electronics world

[@JoFreddieRevDr]

It was already B&Q before the acquisition of Dodge City. Founded in 1969 as Block & Quayle by Richard Block and David Quayle, shortly afterwards they shortened the name to B&Q. B&Q bought Dodge City at the beginning of the 1980s

[@AquaGreenORAganicsWestLinn]

A heat gun works really well on those kind of objects if they are glued together. The glue melts the 2 pieces togetherl the heat softens the bond making it much easier to take it apart

[@wuddadid]

Currently looking at my scar on the area of skin between my index finger and thumb from when I tried to open a milk carton with a barbeque skewer. (LED LAMP OPENING TIP: Get a pair of any gloves that have a very grippy surface (e.g. work gloves with a textured rubber coating). Grab the body of the LED lamp with one hand, and the LED diffuser globe with the other and TWIST. Not much force is required before they are both separated and completely undamaged.)

[@MyProjectBoxChannel]

I like the buck regulator type LED lamps, because you can run them on a DC off-grid battery bank with no inverter. They work on a wide range of voltages as well.

[@Blank-n7c]

One amazing big led 💡

[@Will_Rossi]

"Clive, what's in your hand?" "A knife!" "NO!"

[@someone2506]

A good short flat screwdriver, slightly sharp and 4-5mm wide, opens everything that requires excessive polite negotiations. Going around to loosen the sealant and then a deeper insertion...to puncture the sealant, and tear the cover over that spot by hand. I've been recycling my dead(preferably dying) bulbs in the recent years, saved a bit for my pocket and alot to the dumpster. Tip - if a bulb flickers it's obviously about to go, if you catch it in that period (seconds to days) - the needed repair is a dry cap, a 5 minutes job for a 3$ bulb. If the bulb has already gone RIP, then the bad cap shorted through the LEDs, if only a few had been fried - chip them off and bridge them inside. Another tip (yes, I have no life😅) - changing the current sensing resistor to slightly limit the current, extends the bulb's life. *Those driver circuits are set to-and-even over the rated limits of the LEDs and the electrolytic caps, otherwise those bulbs could last a few years easily.

[@technodruid]

Bayonettes are used here in Canada but mostly for old display indicators and automotive applications. Never seen it in a house unless someone had an imported light fixture.

[@culmalachie]

yes, Clive, It's like matches, Clive. you know - Strike AWAY from you - like you were cutting string or making a wooden twig whislte. Right Clive, back to watching.( Just had to put in this comment) ... Love your stuff - Education with alarm and satisfaction! Slàinte Mhath.

[@Plu54f0x]

I have one of these in E27 flavour, just opened it up and it's somewhat different. The boards are modular and can be removed without desoldering, circuitry appears more complex, LED panel is different and has more themal compound on it.

[@Mrpurple75]

Ah butter knives. I was spudgering two pieces of plastic apart while telling my daughter to be careful doing such things. The knife slipped and went into my left hand in the webbing between thumb and first finger down behind the palm. Hurt like all heck and didn’t bleed. Gave me the shakes. We could look down inside my hand, pretty cool actually, you would have appreciated it on a “look what’s inside here, they’ve really buggered the assembly of this one, why do they have that going there for, what?” No stitches and back to work the next day. Everybody wanted to see it until they saw it.

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Thanks, Clive, that was fun perhaps not so much for you but a good result in the end, you could always put your ridiculously large filament that you made in the globe.

[@UhrwerkKlockwerx]

“If you ever get bored, you can skip forward” There’s just one problem with that... I *never* get bored on a Big Clive video.

[@kiningroseburg9288]

We also have the Bayonet lights here in Africa. Fun fact, as per standard. Lights inside the house are bayonet (except for ceiling fans) Lights outside are screw-in

[@robinbrowne5419]

In the future, giant bulbs may be the latest fashion craze for robot headlamps. O:-]

[@ropersonline]

10:30: Thing worthy of note: ROVP is for resistor (for) over-volatage protection. Related question: x^y signifies x to the power of y, i.e. x followed by superscript y, but is there another similar way to designate the opposite, i.e. x followed by subscript y? Also, isn't NC for not connected? So why is it connected here?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I noticed the NC was connected. I reckon it was to aid getting better track clearance by using that unconnected pad as part of a track route.

[@ropersonline]

@@bigclivedotcom Thanks for replying, and I have a follow-up: Is it ever a mistake to connect an NC lead to anything? Would NC be floating, be ground or any other state, even? Is it just undefined? (Full disclosure: I typed "unfefeined" at first, which suddenly felt very covfefe.) EDIT: And to answer my own question: I seem to have found that subscript is denoted by x_y. (Anyone want to confirm or refute that?)

[@AdamsWorlds]

Have one of these, picked it up for about £5 on offer. Always wondered what was inside but with it working and me actually using it did not want to risk busting it. Mines been going strong a few years now, its not as bright as i thought it would be when buying. I got it because i have a large room and only 1 small light fitting in the middle. Figured it would spread the light further (kinda does).

[@mibars]

I had similar problem with some buck regulated LED lamps, they did not like replacig resistors to anything higher value than standard, sometimes they flashed, other times they did not work at all.

[@philmerrifield1163]

Clive, bodging things never(!) great video mate, nice to know you are well keep safe 😁

[@AsymptoteInverse]

My only lamp-related scar is from learning the hard way that a blacklight LED bulb's globe, while it felt plastic, was in fact glass.

[@ianstewart7605]

Thanks Clive. I've got a half dozen complex dimmable, variable Kelvin, lamps in my garden room which all sing in tune. I'll try some 'shmoo' on their coils (builders silicone sealant?) and see if that helps!

[@bigclivedotcom]

Dimmable lamps are prone to noise.

[@kalashnikovdabs]

You made me look at the big ass knife scar on my hand. I wish I would have seen this sooner lol

[@iaing]

When you say 'pause for a moment' the only pause is on your side. :)

[@TechGorilla1987]

You don't say...

[@jyvben1520]

unless you also pause the video to go ... make a cup of tea/coffee, but yeah we should get at least time passed info when the recording restarts.

[@Azlehria]

That aluminum plate is the same type of construction that I've always encountered here in the US, from the very same big chain that you mentioned. I ultimately ended up taking some heavy shears to the plate because I couldn't break the adhesive holding it to the lamp shell.

[@hypergolic8468]

Anyone else get the feeling when watching a Big Clive opening up that it's almost the prelude section to a Casualty / Holby City accident? I sincerely hope not however; Big Clive is the best viewing going (take notice BBC!).

[@_Piers_]

I did a bit of Googling - Dodge City was a Scottish DIY chain that B&Q purchased. So from the perspective of people in Scotland, it would have looked like Dodge City changed its name to B&Q.

[@Myth_Incarnate]

"I have a knife." is quite possibly the scariest thing I've ever heard BigClive say. 😂

[@robinbrowne5419]

But Clive, Is it actually 15W of heat to dissipate? Isn't most of the power in the form of light? I never really understood this. How to measure the power dissipated as heat? Or light, for that matter.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's mostly heat. The efficiency of power to light conversion is still relatively low, even with LEDs.

[@robinbrowne5419]

@@bigclivedotcom And, as you say, if they deliberately design them to run hot, then the efficiency and life-span is low, and the consumer money-sucking power is high. For once, I have to agree with the Prince of Dubai :-)

[@stargazer7644]

A theoretically perfect visible white light source emits 251 lumens per Watt. An LED bulb emits about 800 lm for 12W, so if it was a "perfect" radiator 3.19W would be emitted as light, and 8.81W would be heat for an efficiency of 26.5%. Real LED bulbs are not "perfect" white light radiators, so it's even worse than this. As a comparison, a "perfect" 60W tungsten bulb would emit 56.81W as heat for 3.19W as light for an efficiency of about 5%. But tungsten bulbs are even farther from perfect white light emitters, so they are far worse.

[@robinbrowne5419]

@@stargazer7644 Thanks for this explanation.

[@TheWacoKid1963]

Bloody hell Clive, Dodge City, That's going back over 40 years ago, I'm surprised anyone remembers the name.

[@ianbutler1983]

Clive, I wonder if a hair dryer or heatgun might aid in disassembly of those bulbs. Might it soften the cement?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's high temperature silicone.

[@CutiePie4325]

"not to worry, it's been done" is going to be my new life motto

[@bunnylove273]

Hi bud got my flashy board today and just waiting for my leds and smd resistors thanks for the file

[@phils4634]

Quality demolition and "reconstruction" there BC - probably gave the lamp a better lifespan than the original hardware (especially in view of the far reduced dissipation!)

[@peter.stimpel]

Butchers security gloves might be reasonable LOL

[@peter.stimpel]

@@TheMcspreader The choice between spending some cash vs a broken hand seems an easy one to me.

[@e.c.listening326]

“Shmoo” made me chuckle 😄👍

[@angst_]

Have you tried a heat gun to soften to adhesive on the domes? (assuming it softens with heat.)

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's high temperature.

[@AndyFletcherX31]

Adding the thermal compound "Release the schmoo!!"

[@ElectronsNeeded]

do some LED lamps still use the heat fins between the mains connector and the lamp defuser this lamp looks like it might of benefited from it ( pre mod ) ?

[@C0mmentC0p]

It's interesting to me why the globe part of the lamps are glued on so tightly. I opened my own LED lamp and a significant amount of that siliconey-type glue was used. Didn't make sense though, since it just snapped right back on after scraping it off like there is a ridge to securely hold it in. My guess is as good as yours, only being that it's to stop the globe from turning when inserting/removing it from a fixture.

[@stargazer7644]

They're glued on tightly because live mains is exposed on the circuit board, and they don't want to be sued and be forced to put a warning sticker on the thing.

[@C0mmentC0p]

@@stargazer7644 Possibly, maybe for cheaper ones, mine didn't though. also has a regulated and filtered power source since it connects to WiFi and would likely malfunction otherwise.

[@kimsleep4111]

It makes me feel better that even Clive bodges repairs...it seems its all I do

[@JDWatkins]

I see a chainlnk glove in your future Clive. I thought for sure it was going to be a skin repair video. Keep that superglue close at hand my friend.

[@Joshua-hk6bu]

Hey Clive. I've enjoyed your LED light videos lately. I can't help but think you have discovered remnants from the planned obsolescence incorporated into light bulbs by the Phoebus cartel. It's very interesting to watch you, perhaps unknowingly (?), call out these hacks that can modify performance of these goods to the optimum efficiency and longest life they can handle. This thought had only occured to me while I was watching another KZbinr discuss planned obsolescence and how it elvoved from the light bulb industry. I'd like to know if you knew of this, as I think E waste is a big deal now for the earth and it's environments. Especially nower days when we have the technology to prolong the life cycle of electronic goods, such as LED lights, that we can erase a lot of the waste created by these products. You have made me see the electronical industry, as broad as it is, so differently. It's amazing! You have a real thing going, bubbling under the surface of these videos that could spread and empower a good change for technology. It's just the greed of businesses and labour pirates that keep people buying over and over, even if it is just a bulb from the pound store. Thank you for this perspective