Fixing my brother’s solar garden lights
Summer is approaching, and as always it's time to fix duff solar garden lights. Prime candidates for faulty solar lights…
X-raying the tiny ac led lamp filaments
I wondered how these LED filaments were configured inside, so I decided to explore one - using the splendid lamp…
Exploring 0.5w led festoon lamps and extending their life
These very minimalist G40 (40mm diameter) lamps seem to have a reputation for failing quite regularly. The drive circuitry is…
I wrecked b q’s biggest led lamp then bodged a repair
A teardown of B&Q's (like Home Depot) biggest lamp. It didn't go to plan. Things worthy of note. If opening…
Re-distilling j germeister to see what happens ralfy review link in description
Following on from the experimental whisky distillation, I thought it would be interesting to re-distill a bottle of Jagermeister through…
Sunset light projector teardown
This odd little light was suggested by Stephen Eyles. It's basically a low power floodlight that projects a wash of…