In a refreshing contrast to most of my other videos, I don't actually care much for this lamp at all. The front is a little bit too diffused to the point of blocking a lot of the light output, and the fact the PCB is glued in is a little bit tacky.
It uses what I'd describe as an older style general purpose capacitive dropper with a surprisingly huge series resistor. At a wild guess that might almost be to protect against excessive dissipation if the lamp was dimmed on a standard dimmer. I'm not sure if it's really intended to be dimmed though.
It uses what I'd describe as an older style general purpose capacitive dropper with a surprisingly huge series resistor. At a wild guess that might almost be to protect against excessive dissipation if the lamp was dimmed on a standard dimmer. I'm not sure if it's really intended to be dimmed though.
How do you light it without the housing? Newbie here
I have a 5w one of these that draws 16 watts
Just pointing this out for the sake of consistency, you didn't put this lamp on the wattage meter for the video! possibly an addendum to the comments for those who are curious enough?
Hello, why do you focus on Watt and not Lumen? Using less Watt with equal Lumen is a good thing, isnt it 🙂
Have you been off to collect your parcels from the post office today or something 🙂
Hello Clive, i have subscribed recently and i love how frequent you post videos!
I have a question also: Do you think now is a good time to buy LED bulbs? Before they were expensive and not very good compared to compact florecent, but have they improved?