Dissection of one of the many stylish LED candle lamps available on ebay and from other sources. The lamps typically have one or more high power LEDs run in series from a tiny current limiting switching supply. The LEDs are often clamped in place by the light guide used to spread their light output and give a sharp visual dot of light in the middle of the lamp. The insulation on some of these is a bit dubious, so I wouldn't recommend plugging them into a live lamp holder. That said, they are extremely stylish and quite hackable too. It shouldn't be too hard to put a new LED in of your chosen colour.
I didn't know there is ic in a lamp!!!!!!
Can we just pint out how big this channel has gotten since the time this video was posted.
Hey BC, this one goes back quite a ways so it has me wondering just how long have you been doing this on you tube now? Anyhow thanks for your time & your experience BC, Tom.
In comparison to the quality of the LED lamps you show in your more recent video's, this one looks quite decent. Apart from the flimsy isolation between you and the mains of course. This lamp has a transformer in it, maybe not the safest in the world, but compared to the ones with a capacitor dropper, I would consider this example a little safer.