Converting a string of traditional tungsten christmas lights to led.
I've decided that adding an electrolytic capacitor where it's shown is not ideal, since in the event of it failing…
Led christmas light waterproofing test.
Followup video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuWzHspKXw Anyone who has used the standard "outdoor" LED Christmas lights (fairy lights) in a wet environment will…
Super simple and realistic led garden candle effect.
This was inspired by the recent teardowns of some LED candles with the moving flame effect. This version is super…
Way too tight.
The tightest bit of George Square to work on. Very busy with pedestrians down below with limited options for routing…
Review and teardown of a li-lo virtual flame candle.
I've currently got a "thing" for these waving flame candles. The good ones are surprisingly convincing and often use a…
Inside a chinese peristaltic pump from ebay.
This is a quick look inside a cheap plastic peristaltic pump bought from China via ebay. Peristaltic pumps work by…
Hacked premiere dancing flame candle.
I wasn't so keen on the original circuitry of the Premiere dancing flame candle, so I've hacked it to make…
Inside a chinese ozone generator.
Internal look at a typical ebay Chinese ozone generator. Not much inside, just a transformer, simple corona tube and a…
Premiere dancing flame candle teardown.
This is one of the current generation of surprisingly realistic looking LED candles. It creates the effect of a real…
Making a simple mains led decorative lamp.
I've now added this as a project on my website at http://www.bigclive.com/diyled.htm It's basically a super simple mains powered decorative…