I was finally getting round to putting some Christmas lights outside my house, and chose to do the usual frame with a background of 200 green LEDs. 200 shady Chinese death-trap LEDs, but with a very current limited supply that makes them safer.
I decided to experiment with adding a bit of waterproofing to ordinary heat-shrink sleeved LEDs by dabbing some holt melt glue on the back where I think most of the moisture wicks in, and then adding a small heat-shrink sleeve to re-melt the glue and squish it up the end and around the wires.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but deciding to test it on a 200 LED set was probably a bad idea.
It's always quite therapeutic doing a repetitive task though.
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I decided to experiment with adding a bit of waterproofing to ordinary heat-shrink sleeved LEDs by dabbing some holt melt glue on the back where I think most of the moisture wicks in, and then adding a small heat-shrink sleeve to re-melt the glue and squish it up the end and around the wires.
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but deciding to test it on a 200 LED set was probably a bad idea.
It's always quite therapeutic doing a repetitive task though.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
How did you modify the Chinese one ?
Hello bigclivedotcom, I would like to know if you have a video from this with the results. Have a nice day!☺️
This is a waste of time ,
but pleasant .
I don't think it's a waste of time for you. You will learn something. I on the other hand, probably won't, so watching you could be a waste of time. I'll chance it.
Did you ever used/made a powerful IR light, for security cameras? Something, that would give a tight beam let's say would be able to "reach" like two houses away? I would use it, for licence plate recognition.
please stream you doing stuff like this!
Why did this show up on my recommended??? I have nothing to do with this lol.
ever since you introduced me to the little epoxy smd leds, i have never bothered with these and recommend anyone get the epoxied ones. These are so pointless and a pretty bad waste of LEDs and landfill because they do only last one season.
I have even had them go bad when always under shelter..
The epoxied ones I ran a string of warm white along my garden fence, and plumbed it to a 12v adaptor with a resistor and they have been going for 2 years solid and I love them
I did mine with silicone sealent and no heatshrink.
When will you post the video with the results?
You might have been wasting your time – but you didn't waste mine.
Interesting subject. I'm wondering if there is air within the bulbs? If so, and they were created in a warm place then that air would condense outdoors as the temperature falls. The damp would occur from within. So what you are doing might help but not truely solve the problem?
Hmm?
Why not just purchase a new set of lights… & heat shrink them for protection from the elements… ? 🤔
what model is that heat gun? I kinda want one. it'd sure be safer than a butane torch. lol