Inside a Holophane LED street light (slight chromecast glitch).

[@namespacetoosmall]

Ah, Clive, don't worry about the video quality, etc. I really like your own style, unedited, plainly-lit videos, even if they're sometimes a bit out of focus or wobbly. I think we're all here for the content, and don't care about production glitz. :)

[@bigclivedotcom]

I was also hoping that it would let me see what you're seeing so I can read component numbers directly off the screen.

[@Heimbasteln]

Good that it is video only, audio is more important than most people think. I wouldnt watch it if your explanations are hard to hear, but this isnt too bad.

[@sharkbytecomputer]

Check the device to see if its getting a bit warm...my phone does this once and a while when it get too warm and starts downclocking the cpu to prevent overheating

[@scribblargh]

Do you have decent wifi signal by your bench? Chromecast can get really finnicky when wireless drops a bit. If the signal is low/inconsistent you could maybe set a repeater up near your bench or even possibly get one of those power supplies they sell for them with a built in ethernet port. edit: after watching some more, maybe the phone you're using can't keep up? It's having to transcode the video feed twice, once for saving the file, and once for streaming to the chromecast (I think). Maybe time to get a real camera with a monitor output? ;D

[@OG_Zlog]

I'm here because of the production quality! So speak for yourself bud.

[@sigmundblank7403]

During the cold months, some smart birds would sit on top of the light sensor making the old sodium lights go on during the day. Kept their tail feathers nice and warm :)

[@crazymarkmc]

Damn that's awesome.

[@LottieBronte]

Poor things won’t be getting any heat from these ☹️

[@tanglewood777]

on these new led lites the birds die

[@MrDubje]

That light shows quality. Nice A-brand driver, Zodion dusk/dawn switch, details in thermal conductivity, complex mouldings, overall construction, you name it. Quality! Thanks for showing us!

[@SueBobChicVid]

"I'm not sure if the footage is going to come out without a slight jerk in it." He really teed that up for us, didn't he?

[@janwesten1317]

OK, can you now please reassemble it and put it back where you found it? There is a nasty dark spot in our street. :)

[@merlingstoss6332]

Jan Westen it will only illuminate that tiny dark spot directy beneath it. And probably give a good few people migraines who are sensitive to them, and the un-diffused high spectrum direct light they emit...

[@AureliusR]

@@merlingstoss6332 That is made-up nonsense. "Un-diffused high spectrum direct light" ... you're literally just stringing words together there, that means absolutely nothing, I suspect you're part of the "smart power meters cause cancer" crowd.

[@golfman9290]

The talking beard at 7:07 was quite amusing for some reason.:-)

[@dooronron69]

haha, i thought that

[@FroggyMosh]

Ah yes. That sweet, sweet Clive-beard.

[@TheJohn8765]

Hiccups aside, I welcome a chance to see you take apart larger things. In commercial and industrial stuff, they tend to be large, so a new bench makes perfect sense. Thanks, Clive.

[@kd8fki]

Hey Clive, in a future video could you show the setup you use to record your videos? A behind the scenes type video? Thanks

[@DubiousEngineering]

That’s a wicked street lamp!! ... the blue patch reminds me of the Zeiss logo! ... they replaced all the lamps around here and now we can see the stars at night!!! (Less light pollution )

[@bigclivedotcom]

The light from these is much more controlled. After a rough start the newer LED street lights seem to be getting better.

[@jcwh2]

Dubious Engineering ppm

[@crystalsoulslayer]

LED lights can get the same or better perceived brightness than sodium lamps because of the wavelength of light they use... unfortunately, that also makes the light pollution worse unless they're in well-designed fixtures. Technology Connections did some videos about street lighting that were really interesting. :D

[@Chuckiele]

I love our new LED street lights. On the street it almost looks like daylight but inside the house you cant see any light at all, its really nice. I wish they didnt just replace our old incandescent lamps but also our newer sodium lights which shine right into the window from a km away.

[@royh6742]

sorry to disappoint the blue patch just tells you what type of fitting it is. the last scheme where we were installing these lights had a map of each street where the lighting calculations had been done and at each location there was a coloured dot to tell you which fitting was needed. the one above is set to 50w if that is the dark blue. it is a good system as the box they come in also has the same colour patch no reading numbers or codes just a coloured sq

[@jamesg1367]

Dangit, Clive. You got me started on DALI. I hadn't a clue about it, now I'm neck deep in technical specs. Interesting system, especially DALI-2. Makes lighting commercial spaces look like a perfectionist control-freak's wet dream.

[@jbravo36]

The chevron PCBs also know as "boomerangs"are manufactured here in the UK and the LEDs are put on at a factory here in west Lancashire and also tested before shipping off to the manufacturers . The heatsink paste is done by stencil printing .

[@dinosauraccounts1411]

Which companies, if you don’t mind me asking

[@phils4634]

Philips are also a big player in the Nuclear Medicine Industry too - they were already VERY well established in X-Ray and CT, then bought out ADAC (who at the time were leaders in Gamma-Camera PET systems); next thing we know, Philips were developing (and marketing) some pretty spectacular Gamma Cameras, and moving fast into the CT-PET field. Remember going to the EANM Amsterdam conference (2014) and the Philips stand was by far the biggest in the Exhibition Hall (well, it WAS only "just down the road" from Eindhoven, after all, but nevertheless, a major presence!)

[@MaximumEfficiency]

Phillips is a shitty company, rembember the Phobeus cartel!

[@pixlfactory]

This is Big Clive's style savage :) unscrewing Philips driver with Philips screws with Pozidriv screwdriver.

[@misslaracroft]

How exciting. I've spent years watching a pair of hands work their magic, now we get to see that they're attached to arms!

[@ShaunWintheiser]

In the United States Holophane is very good lighting company! Their street lighting is completely serviceable. If something fails we replace individual components not the entire fixture. Even in some of their decorative street lights they provide retrofit kits to go from HPS to LED. A lot of interesting programming can also be do with them. You could do things like, having the lighting dim at a set time for ambience. Then ramp back up to full power for complete coverage. High quality stuff...

[@SarahWattCA]

10:10 This reminds me that the prof I did my engineering capstone with does research involving high voltages and Play-Doh was his favourite thing to use as an insulator for covering sharp edges to stop corona discharge, etc.. Maybe someone should tell Hasbro there's a market for industrial Play-Doh in drab colours sold at a markup?

[@willi-fg2dh]

Holophane has been "quality stuff" from well before i started working on lighting design back in the 1960s . . . expensive but real quality.

[@Ghozer]

The black 'potting' stuff will peel off when warmed up - like you said, kinda like Blu-tack! - I had the fortunate experience of that stuff for the first time recently when repairing a SUB, - thought it was the old black silicon stuff at first, until it came off together as one, and now I can play with and mould it as I want - it's great for temporary fixings - oh, and leaves no residue! :D

[@AureliusR]

Doubtful that it will peel off when warmed up. That sub must have been using really cheap potting compound, it's designed so that it will not soften before it burns -- this is to prevent water ingress and to properly insulate components from each other. A brand like Phillips wouldn't use cheap potting compound

[@thysonsacclaim]

Another video loved. Love all your stuff and enjoy them. I'm not bothered by quality. I see everyone uploading in 4k and probably soon 8k... I don't get it. For a movie yeah, but otherwise it seems like a waste of data to me. Clarity is a bit better but honestly that much detail is only really needed in certain circumstances. I've always loved your videos for their simplicity, and your personality and straight to the point attitude. Awesome job, stay awesome.

[@Darieee]

Hmmm, the footage gets quite choppy at around the 6:00 mark, .. could it be the phone can’t cast and record video at the same time ? Ooooh I think I get what’s happening - initially it’s all fine, but as it warms up the clock on the CPU gets throttled - ergo the inability to encode stuff in real time

[@RustyR3volva]

I thought it was just me, but it starts about 5:30 for me.

[@OhThatsMal]

Really interesting watching you delve inside these big electric items Clive, makes for a fascinating watch great vid!

[@redstonecommander5190]

I’ve only seen LED street lights in certain areas of Clarkesville City, which is the place of where I live in and possibly Nashville and all the other places, but this is a kind of a street light that we would probably see continue to grow

[@ProdigalPorcupine]

If you had a few of those chevron shaped light sections you could put them in a row and sequence them. It’d make a fairly good lighting effect, like moving arrows drawing attention to something. You could put coloured gels over the leds, stack the lighting sections and configure them as a giant vu meter for a cool looking, chevron shaped disco light.

[@TheDocChannel]

Did nobody notice that the hinges on the cover are slotted, so all you have to do is partially open it and slide it off the 2 dowels?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I did remove it later. I think the reason it hits the chevron module may be to stop it hinging far enough to come off.

[@MichaelKire]

Hey Clive. For anything non-metal refletive things, you can use a CPL or circular polerized filter, that should remove the reflections if you set it correctly

[@FerralVideo]

My local city recently upgraded to LED streetlights while performing major road work near my house. However several of the LED units have gone straight blue. According to the news this was a chemistry defect in several of the diodes, and in fact on one panel can have a mix of blue and white, and other lights one panel will be blue and another white. It's a really unnerving sensation walking under one of these malfunctioning lights, and it gives me the sensation that it's throwing off large amounts of UV, though I've never tested that theory.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's not UV. Just deep blue. The blue normally stimulates red/green phosphor to make white light, but the phosphor has detached.

[@Xenon777_]

5:07 That is also used for servicing the inside when the power needs to be turned off.

[@andrevanschaijk885]

Bit surprised to see a light sensor in the head unit itself, I am used to remote switched street lights with the sensor at the main ignition point and secondary ignition points following the main one, incidentally our system uses 3 wires, neutral, evening and night allowing sections to be dimmed when not many people are around, remote switching makes troubleshooting a lot simpler, just turn a section on and walk around to see if one is not working, similarly if one street light is not on the section it was expected you can quickly turn sections on and off to find the section it is actually connected to

[@ijulesy]

What's that box thing called that allows you to clip in the wires? Much handier than wiring a plug each time you want to test something!

[@bigclivedotcom]

Cliff quicktest.

[@ijulesy]

Thanks for the reply! Much appreciated 😁

[@N0gtail]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Chromecast tried to use hardware compression which was already being used to save the video and ether used CPU compression or tried to share the hardware.

[@AureliusR]

I'd be very surprised if anything but the newest phones had MPEG4 or h.264 compression in hardware. It might use the GPU to accelerate it, but it'd still be in software. Also, what happened (as far as I can tell) is the CPU/GPU inside his phone started to thermal throttle. Hence why it worked fine for the first while and then slowly got worse. Trying to compress and save video to SD, while also compressing & streaming to the Chromecast is too much. I'm assuming he was using the "cast your screen" feature built into Android. This feature is *very* different from all other Cast buttons you see in various apps. When you cast, say, Netflix to your Chromecast, what actually happens is a stripped-down version of Chrome runs on the Chromecast and it directly streams the Netflix to that device. Your phone essentially just becomes a remote control. However, when you "cast" your screen, the phone has to both render the video AND stream it to the Chromecast, which is literally just passing a video stream to the output device. Therefore all the processing happens on the phone. This is part of the genius of Chromecast and it's why apps like KZbin, Netflix, etc run so well even on crap phones -- all the video processing is offloaded to the Chromecast. Anyway, rant over, just wanted to get that info out there :P

[@stevewalston7089]

I hope you put this light back together and use it. Seems like it might be good for bench lighting.

[@aphermion]

Clive, the Bob Ross of electronics.

[@ArlenMoulton2]

Yes Clive! I love a proper street light, after all, I do collect them! Well done on a great video as usual!

[@LMacNeill]

I wonder if that potting material could be removed with, say, a heat-gun? It'd be quite the mess, to be sure, but it sure would be interesting to see what's inside that driver.

[@dennislatour354]

of all the youtubers i watch you allways look the most like the colors i see irl

[@gavinnorthants]

Some of the street lights have a box on the poll with an aerial on it, in my area. Which makes me think they can control the lights over the mobile network, to dim them late at night and stuff. As Clive said the LED driver, had a data input, which must be used to connect the driver to the mobile data box. They must also connect to other LED drivers with one of the standards Clive mentioned.

[@LakeNipissing]

I have a really old Holophane incandescent wall / doorway light and the ribbed lens is crazy... close to 3/4 inch thick!!

[@MathewLiamHowarth]

I've been looking everywhere for the brand or this light. Big big thanks. Also, I'm a big fan. Cheers

[@KC-nd7nt]

Where did you learn to take screw out so well? You are so talented

[@braeburnhilliard8340]

Clive, I have some Osram LED drivers with some Led modules if you would be interested in getting them. Let me know.

[@FJB2024_]

I just added to my bucket list. Beers with bigclive. Help me drink with you.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Fascinating stuff, I had no idea about these various protocols used in everyday street lights.

[@krcright9746]

Our council street light pole on our street got upgraded a two weeks ago with a LED light fitting. Ever since the light is turning on as normal when dusk by the photocell. But turned off at 12:30pm each night. Our local council have stated today that the light is not on the ‘ part night light ‘ program.so don’t understand why We believe the Contractors may have fitted a timer photocell by mistake ?

[@DavidScheiber]

thought I might mention that some chromecasts are known to be prone to overheating/heat issues, you might want to try taking the plastic cover off to help. some people have even put tiny fans on theirs. Not sure if this was your issue tho, could have just been a shoddy wifi connection.

[@wrtlpfmpf]

Screen pinting heat compound probably makes a lot of sense as standard SMT production processes already screen print solder onto the boards. Replacing the solder with heat compound is probably a fairly easy process.

[@bonsiatreesseedsandplantsf4812]

Clive are u gunna make another light out of it are put it back together and have a nice Street light in your garden

[@Jake0997]

Hey clive , try using a webcam connected to a laptop and use open broadcaster (OBS) to record it, it's how i do my IRL streams and it works a treat for me. The output monitor lets you view the video in real time, with easy bitrate control n stuff.

[@AureliusR]

This is actually really good advice. I know Clive likes the simplicity of just hitting record on a phone. I'm not sure if he edits the clips on his phone and then directly uploads them to KZbin, but if he is offloading them to a laptop to edit and then upload, using OBS would make work easier, as well as having a live monitor feedback.

[@jusb1066]

clive, can you tell us much about how streetlights are controlled? do they all have timers, or just some that control others, or is there a central control room so they can turn them all off and on as they please? and what about adjusting for daylight savings and other situations?

[@jamest.5001]

Jusb1066 light sensor. That's why they come on during the eclipse and when really dark. And go off if there is bright lightening.

[@TailsFurse]

Most street lights have a little cap on top of them. In the cap is a photocell, that senses the light from above, such as sunlight. When the sunlight goes away(nighttime or very cloudy conditions), the photocell no longer see's light. When the photocell no longer see's light, it signals the ballast to turn on. Turning the light on. Then, when the sun comes back, the photocell see's the light, and signals the ballast to turn the light back off.

[@jusb1066]

i thou hgt they had more control, we had an issue with our led streetlights and they were coming on way too late, 2 hours after dark, and it was 3 streets around me doing it till they fixed it, i assumed central control?

[@TheChipmunk2008]

The ones round here (southampton UK, for reference, altho SSE seem to be installing them all over their service area in hampshire/dorset/wiltshire/berkshire/sussex) are controlled by what I assume to be radio link boxes that plug into the photocell socket on the top. (the standard Harvey Hubbell type twistlock photocell connector) . There seem to be local 'control units' that can be centrally controlled and then talk to the individual lights. It enables the councils to do useful things like turning them off or dimming them at midnight (or other chosen times) and also gimmicky things like turning all the streetlights off on secondary roads for Earth Hour

[@1AxK9]

In India, most of them are "controlled" by Power Supply. Power for Lights are turned on when needed, saves power.

[@johnbrookbank2969]

I did a search on E-bay and Amazon = only one ballast for sale under that name, also one tear drop light made that was high dollar ! Nothing like this light ?? maybe they have dropped it from production as you said ! seemed like well made ??

[@gustavlicht9620]

You need an X-ray imaging system to see through the potting goo. On a side note, I am wondering how god of a thermal conductor the potting is.

[@anonone2175]

Are you adding a street lamp into your garden for an outdoor edition of the beard club....

[@oatlord]

Do you use this as a night light now that you're done with it?

[@chubeye1187]

I think they just swop the lanterns, and repair in the office. As the street lighting at where I work. Have them on the desk, quite often. And one of those safety plug things you have.

[@bigclivedotcom]

That makes sense. To have a streetlight technician who understands the configuration of the LED panels and programmable supplies.

[@1ralton1]

Many thanks for a very informative video. Even the stuff about Philips I found worthy of note. All the best.

[@devttyUSB0]

Great vid. It's not the LED-type street lighting i see more often here in NL, but it's still very interesting to see the construction of those things! And you had me check my PC for reasons why the video was choppy. I even paused the render of a video that was running, switched back to 720p quality, etc. Hahah. Should have read the description earlier. :) Thanks, Clive! You rock!

[@2009dudeman]

xD I dropped mine down to 360p and started checking to see what I had open. Guess is says something about the usual quality of BigClive's videos.

[@agentbertram4769]

Back in my estimating days, 35 years ago, Holophane were always good quality but massively expensive. They had managed to get themselves specified by all the top architects and health authorities. Serious money.

[@rustandoil]

I have been told that some of the LED street lamps have cameras in them.... Is this correct?

[@peterg.8245]

rusty possibly intensity feedback for areas that limit maximum output or color correction for observatory compatibility? Or a fancy PIR motion?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It sounds like conspiracy theory, but it could be viable.

[@Kzoowallace]

Clive, you should look into a more Studio style camera that allows you to have a "Field Monitor" attached. That will help with this Glitchiness.

[@Yes-ng6rf]

Hi Clive can you hook it up to the Hopi please.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I did. It showed an accurate power reading and good power factor.

[@kooky45]

Your pet fox made an appearance.

[@phils4634]

The Wife noticed that whilst passing by - "What's that wire wool wobbling around in the bottom right corner?" (watching BC on the big tv downstairs - isn't Smart technology - smart!:-) )

[@apollorobb]

Holophane is part of Crouse-Appleton those are widely used here in the US . Glad to see the quality Philips Driver Modules

[@peterg.8245]

apollo robb Yay Appleton, suck it Killark ...my experience is with explosion proof for Div1 areas for flare/incinerator control panels

[@billyponsonby]

LED driver. Could the little square thermal contact pad in the potting compound be to conduct to the tc point on the cover?

[@simonthill]

IIRC, Holofane also manufactured the original RGB colour changing glass surrounds for Wurlitzer Cinema Organs - we have a working original example (complete with auto-mechanical rheostat dimmers) in our concert hall at the Musical Museum in London. If you're ever in the area, let us know!

[@paull8516]

Please can you get hold of and review the current led street lighting with the bit sticking out of the top you see everywhere now

[@bigclivedotcom]

I've looked at some street lights, The antenna is a low power RF communication system for remote switching. It's NOT a 5G death beam as implied by others channels.

[@RichieVallance]

The street lights with the pointy thing as you call it is for UNB ultra narrow band which runs on a unlicensed network which just means free to use and don't mean uninsurable. They are not 5G.

[@bigclivedotcom]

@@RichieVallance Like Telensa gear?

[@RichieVallance]

@@bigclivedotcom exactly like Telensa gear mate they are based on UNB

[@RichieVallance]

@@bigclivedotcom telensa have a KZbin channel. UNB explained here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGkfXyJebllrZY

[@ledlight1781]

LED street light fixture SL18 specification Model No.: SL18-300w Power: 300W Light Efficiency: 100~150Lm/w Voltage: AC100-277V CRI(Ra): >70 Power Factor: >0.95 CCT(K): 3000~6000 Temperature: -40~50℃ Life Time(H): ≥50000

[@olik136]

looks like a nice light to put over your dining table in your traditional isle of man living room :)

[@thog760]

Do you think you'd be able to do a tear down of the new sensation with the kids, the JUUL? It might need a good bit of persuasion to open. I've been looking around for patents and info on how the hell these things work without having to hit a button I'm sure its interestingly simple.

[@bigclivedotcom]

The earliest electronic cigarettes used a small pressure switch and newer ones use something that looks like a microphone capsule, but is also a simple pressure switch that detects the sudden change in pressure of your inhalation.

[@thog760]

bigclivedotcom wow you actually replied. Thank you!

[@XFolf]

If I had to be super nitpicky about your lighting setup as a function of vid quality, the CRI miiiight be slightly off... and who fucking cares, you're awesome, keep it up, I love your vids!

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's one of the largest COB panels. The camera doesn't have a white balance setting that matches it.

[@XFolf]

Lacking an exact matching WB would certainly do it. Oh well... Is the COB that monster you showed a very recently?

[@PaulNorman]

Blood? You'll be demonetized!

[@bigclivedotcom]

Not as fast as the last video I put up that was demonetised within about 15 minutes.

[@dr666demento]

Well, finally got bloodshed. First time in over 1000 videos.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

I'm sorry, I just made you the happiest content creator on earth according to patreon. LOL

[@jestempies]

I wonder if the potting compound they're using isn't removable with heat for recycling reasons.

[@00Skyfox]

When you buy stuff like this on Ebay to tear apart for our amusement, do they end up going into the trash or do you reassemble things and put them to good use?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I hoard things like this and repurpose some of the other stuff.

[@alexatkin]

The phone was probably overheating, you see this all the time with people trying to live-stream video from their phone over long periods. The fact you were effectively encoding TWO video feeds at the same time triggered it sooner than just doing one. I'm surprised it worked as well as it did to be honest.

[@Croz89]

I wish we had these versions on my street. We've got the higher colour temperature version and the light is so harsh I had to move bedrooms as it was keeping me up at night (even a blackout blind was not good enough as it still leaked in through the edges). Sadly the warmer versions are less efficient as the apparent brightness is lower, they can be little better than a sodium lamp in terms of energy consumption. But they are so much more pleasant to look at, and they don't mess with melatonin so much.

[@RFC3514]

It might be possible to use an angled mirror so you can mount the camera horizontally and still see the screen. Would probably need to be a first surface mirror, though, to avoid ghosting.

[@juna8921]

what is the strange hairy thing in the corner ar 7:10 ? a beard monster?

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Ju Na squirrel alert

[@shawnbarry5553]

DIY Perks has a video about making your own video monitor if you were interested. You could set it up outside the frame in front of you so you can be sure of your composition and focus at all times. If you have a spare laptop screen and an hour or so, I think it'd be totally worth it for you!

[@CadeRankin2006]

I love your street light videos can you do some high pressure sodium street lights

[@BlackWolf42-]

Sealed up and explosion proof also?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I wouldn't rate it as an explosion proof fixture.

[@M3G4UK]

I wonder if any councils use Dali for their street lighting?

[@cgoad]

Hi Clive. Any idea what the model is?

[@Cookiemo82]

I wonder if the thermal pad is so they can cool the component below when they are potting the unit?

[@drstkova]

For once I was left wanting... There are clearly two wires from the power input connector to the ballast that don’t look like they’re connected to anything (three wires into the unit, straight into a five way connector). What are the two unconnected wires for?

[@Fir3Chi3f]

I thought the glitchy video was just my internet slowing down! Still a great tear down.

[@valhar2000]

Does your phone support outputting to an external monitor using mini-HDMI? If it does, you could use that to connect the phone to a small TV, and use that to see what the phone is recording.

[@briansterling5912]

Been watching a while but just occurred to me to ask; where can I get one of those three wire test junctions?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's called a Cliff Quicktest.

[@briansterling5912]

bigclivedotcom Thank you sir

[@_BangDroid_]

Looks very nice

[@iamdarkyoshi]

Shame the chromecast caused issues. I wonder if its due to a thermal issue in the phone or just a memory leak or something... Does the phone have any form of HDMI output?

[@bigclivedotcom]

The phone was pretty warm. Sadly it doesn't have a direct video output. Another possibility is that the router the two were communicating via was misbehaving. It's one that was supplied for a 4G data connection and is quirky. I may try a dedicated router with no 'net connection, if it actually works.

[@BerndFelsche]

Try killing all the other apps and placing your access point closer to the pone and chromecast. It did look like the processor was having trouble keeping up which is either due to lack of available crunching cycles or overheads from packet transmission in a wireless environment.

[@Lagittaja]

Chromecast also supports wired ethernet if that's a possibility for you Clive. That would help a little bit if the packet transmission is an issue because WiFi is WiFi and airtime is a finite resource. Yes, even the first gen. Either the Google's own adapter or you can cobble together your own with a USB NIC (there's a compatibility list if you search for it) and a funky Y cable with: microUSB female for injecting power, USB-A female for the USB NIC and microUSB male for connecting to the Chromecast to provide power and networking) But I don't think the networking is the issue, it's probably just the phone SoC not being able to keep up recording video, encoding it, storing it + recording screen, encoding it, sending it over the network. Or the SoC _can_ keep up but the phone just heats up (faster/more now) and has to throttle clockspeeds to save itself from heating (a cooling solution might help but an active one probably not an option because of obvious reasons). If the heating is an issue, lowering the screen brightness is also a valid thing to try and mitigate it.

[@n-steam]

I imagine if it were a router issue, it wouldn't have affected the recording, nor would have caused the phone to become warm. I think outputing to two monitors (TV + Phone Screen) as well as recording may be a bit too much for the phone's cpu. If you've got good computer skills, maybe a raspberry pi + usb webcam could fit your needs; but the problem would be a lot of fiddling with software.

[@007oblong]

If I remember correctly, he uses the same Phone I have, and mine already tends to overheat when you make long videos, which causes the recorded video to stutter.

[@johnsimun6533]

Where have you been, watched 3 videos, subscribed.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

That is Bitumen should dissolve in petrol or Diesel?

[@bluedeath996]

Has the component part of Philips been bought by Hisense? Will those components be renamed soon? Just wondering.

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

What do you think the chances are that the orange connection could be used to wire up a cctv camera (big brother is always watching sort of thing)

[@bigclivedotcom]

It's not really the right type of circuitry for that.

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

bigclivedotcom it just seems to me they put a lot of trouble and extra expense to pot it when it would be far cheaper to give it a seal,glue it or sonic weld it shut you stop water mitigation

[@StreetLights123]

They are really nice street lights as I have one in my collection.

[@salmonline]

Once you got the chevron module out of the way and open the lid all the way and the spade connector came off the main body, the lid should have been able to be lifted away. According to the open slots on the hinges., no?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It did lift off when swung fully open.

[@salmonline]

neat

[@juncusbufonius]

Makes me wonder what happens to the swapped out faulty lamps.

[@synchro505]

Is that black putty inside the ballast/driver box for insulation or for preventing reverse engineering, or perhaps both?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Is the best way to protect electronics from water ingress.

[@Afraithe]

Isn't it a bit of a design fail to not make it open fully if there is led chevrons installed?

[@MrBlackdragon1230]

Hmm didnt know Phillips bought Vari-Lite. Probably lots of things have changed since i was involved in show production.

[@Reaper_1994]

Just as a tip with chromecast devices. Strong wifi is a must if you're transmitting/casting the display from a device to your chromecast. I.e. wifi access point in the same room or next room over. 5Ghz wifi can work well or better still, have the casting device on 2.4Ghz and the chromecast on the 5Ghz (or the other way around) so they are using different antennas each.

[@rents1977]

Lol, Clive! One or two people working in it? My local council had 7 guys to put a lamp post in 😂

[@tjsynkral]

I think the cheapo phone you use as a camera can't handle the extra load. Using an HDMI output is probably a safe bet for an external monitor. I'd like to see the camera get upgraded though, I'm rather fond of 50/60p refresh rate.