This is a rather cute little 12W LED street light I got from a Chinese supplier called Banggood. It's designed to run on a 220V supply (180 to 255V) and is designed to mount onto a pipe about 42mm diameter. (1.5"?).
This unit was very typical of Chinese LED lights in that it had a stripped and tinned earth wire in the short pre-installed flex, but the earth wire was not connected internally and was actually cut flush with the flex inside.
The unit has a rather neat printed glass front with four screw clamps that pull it tightly onto a silicone grommet. The LED panel inside is an aluminium core PCB held onto the inside of the case with six screws with heatsink compound between it and the finned aluminium case. The LEDs themselves also have wet heatsink compound behind them which suggests that they have just been pressed into place and soldered without the use of thermal transfer glue. The power supply is a generic current regulated unit designed for driving between 8 and 12 series wired LEDs. It's mounted in a small aluminium extrusion with end-caps and filled with black potting compound.
The lights are available in cold or warm white, but if you were so inclined you could replace the standard 1W LED "beads" with any colour you wanted.
Apart from the lack of a ground connection this is a very neat and well built light. As an actual street light it could be quite effective for lighting a pathway or side of a house if mounted on suitable angled pipes at a height of about 3-5 metres.
I'd recommend connecting the ground lead internally with a small crimp onto one of the screws holding the PCB to the heatsink.

15 thoughts on “Chinese led street light teardown.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars t.c 802 says:

    Blue spectrum that's not good

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Monit Pandey says:

    Question driver watt use

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Niku Gambhir says:

    7289094560

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JATIN TECHNICAL GURU says:

    Ok

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars imark7777777 says:

    I guess I never watch this, the thumbnail looks like a giant USB thumb drive.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Accumulator1 says:

    Looks like way to much for weak light. I just found a 50w 4500 lumen for fraction or ur price.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nick Canarejo says:

    @bigclivedotcom can you please tell me the exact brand of the LED Light that you cover in this video? There are so many LED Lights on the said website which is hard to find the product you reviewed here. Thanks in advance.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Esrafil Ghagha says:

    Ser nahi banpa rahi aap ka mobail no. Do

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars koleksi mainan says:

    Lampu jalan

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars scott l says:

    Bright Chinese automobile LED headlamps are a topic I hope you could cover one day. It's a war out there with extremely bright headlights taking over the world and there seems to be no stopping them from getting brighter. I'm referring to the aftermarket lamps promoted all over Ebay and Amazon.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Camett Candle Jars, Box,Tins Supplier. says:

    Where do I can get this one ?please ?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Matheus Bitencourt says:

    LED sucks

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars American 015 says:

    Yeah, mount them 15 feet up, and they won't do anything! They'll struggle to light the area. I have a vintage American Electric mercury vapor light lighting the area up perfectly! LEDs are only really good for indicator lights.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars shekhar kumar sk sonice says:

    Nice job

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dr Demento says:

    You gotta like a Chinese company that deals with things involving electricity and Li-ion batteries calling itself ''Bang Good''. In his newer videos you can see all the marks on his workbench from all the chineseium that Bang… Good.

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