It was inevitable that I'd buy one of these units, and having seen inside one on an Electronupdate teardown video I had plans to hack the PCB that I expected to find in the light to run it on my own software. That ain't going to be so easy though, since this is the first I've seen where the power supply and control circuitry is all integrated into one module potted with hard resin.
This is very common with rgb drivers. They run a constant current pe color, which means if two colors are combined, the current doesn't double as it should. Some LED strip controllers can drive these 10w LEDs to full power if you add the proper resistors. Heat does become an issue at 10W so surely they put the 4W limit to save on proper heatsinking
Wow, this one is actually earthed!
Flooded with disapointment
Its a fraud, as usual from China. Claims 10W, really 4W.
The only true 10W RGB Floodlight I'm aware of is made by Iceled in the UK. It's switch-mode current driven so has no overheating failures.
I've been wondering why the LED flood lights have a deflector? Its my understanding that LED's are directional, am I wrong? The only reason I can think of is maybe the glass reflects some of the light back into the deflector and back out?
ive found some potting compounds get soft ish with acetone and you can dig through , it takes a lot of doing though , you really need to see whats inside to go through all the agro 🙂
Chinese and ebay dont mix
Why does the IR receiver need to talk to the resin blob using three, RGB wires? I did wonder if all of the control was in the IR chip and those wires were perhaps driving the blob inputs as pwm – which might be convenient for your controller?
would those brightness buttons change the wattage at all?
you should measure the current and voltage going to the actual led itself not the power drawn from the wall because the power supply is inefficient so it makes some watts more on the 220v side. i believe that this led is 3watts .
Hi .Can you recomend a good RGB floodlight as im looking to buy but dont want to buy a cheap make ? Thank you Mike