Repair of electrolytically corroded solar garden light.
One of my favourite solar garden lights failed, so I brought it in to fix.
A look inside the latest glow dancers candle.
I saw this LED candle in a local shop, and since it looked different to the previous Premier Dancing Flame…
Comparison of luminara, dancing flame and glow dancers candles.
A side by side comparison of three different moving flame LED candles. The one on the right is the most…
Gas burner update. less whoomphy .
After some suggestions that I reseal the gas-jet thread with some PTFE tape the flame has now become a concentrated…
A look inside a 3 x aa cell electronic cigarette base.
I don't think this is a new concept, but this version is actually quite neat. It's also surprisingly robust, very…
Rebranding of poundland led lamps. but is the circuitry different?
Poundland seem to have rebranded the LED lamps and changed their packaging. I guess the lamps were proving quite popular.…
Inside a 5w red led downlight.
Bought on a whim to take to bits, this is actually quite a neat looking light.
Slightly dodgy chinese gas burner from ebay.
You can now buy me cake and things to take apart at:- https://www.patreon.com/bigclive This is another random item I added…
Calcium nitrate diy glitter lamp.
My latest glitter lamp experiment using the much higher specific gravity calcium nitrate. It uses a chunky glitter from an…
Cheap chinese spring loaded connectors.
These connectors are the type that you might find inside a light fitting where they are not exposed to direct…