While looking at some other rotating lens style disco lamps I came across this one that can also operate as a standard white light source by switching it off and on again quickly. It's actually quite neat inside.
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Clive was exactly right about the 1.5k resistor. When you look up now, there are schematics for that IC on Google images, there is a pin called "clk" with a resistor to take action when you give it a pulse via turning off and on the main supply. Its own capacitor supplies enough power to keep S4220 running for this short period of time.
I got one of these when I first saw this video and I loved it until one of the white LEDs went faulty which caused all of the white LEDs to strobe rapidly. Mine also started on standard light mode and didn't have a dual mode
I really like Clive’s content. I dislike his fascination of LED’s . It gets old very fast . But still good stuff matey …
Rainer Winkler aka Drachenlord
Like many of the other viewers I love this shit… should have changed the motor to the red led for a more balanced colour output. Tks
Speed control can be achieved by putting a 200 ohm trim-pot on the red motor wire. All these rotating lights seem to use the same standard motor. I have found a 100 ohm trim pot will slow the motor to about half speed and a 1K ohm pot is too high and does not give fine speed adjustment. There is NO issue with the motor starting, it does NOT need a higher voltage kick to start it. The slower speed is nice.
If you can image it, they can build it ( into a chip ). If they can do this today, what will tomorrow be like. Very Cool …..
I see that "flex" means something different in the UK than the US. Here, "flex" refers to a flexible metal (or, recently, plastic, too) conduit that you run wires through. Your "flex" sounds more like our "Romex", NMC (nonmetallic conduit), or UF (underground feeder, a sort of Romex rated for direct burial).
Did you edit out the motor circuit and mechanism?
CAN YOU POST A LINK FOR THOSE COLARED LED BULBS IN THE ( Blue collar trash chandelier )
Couldn't you use a solid state relay to see if there's a hidden snubber network?
Clive is on a puffy nipple lamp run 😛