This rather lacklustre USB rechargeable light got off to a bad start by being dead on arrival. Lets fix it.
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Hi Clive, I love your channel and I just found this particular video by accident whilst searching your channel for info on spudgers (Mine bend easily, do they all?) and stopped to watch it as I happen to have the same light purchased about a year ago at a local hardware store on sale for $2 (normally about $10 here in Australia). Like you, I love a bargain. 🙂
It worked beautifully until I tried it yesterday and there was no light.
Disappointed, as it was nice and handy and very bright, and so far very reliable.
Inspired by watching many of your repair videos, I happened to open it up just before finding this particular video.
Bent my spudger getting it open, hence the search for your spudger recommendations! 🙂
Good thing was I still have it open on my desk, so was able to compare it with your light and it looks exactly the same other than the case on mine being black.
The battery in mine is flat on the bottom, and curved on top, but this seems to not be bulging, but it's normal odd shape.
On mine the problem was the (rather thin) positive blue wire going to the LED had broken off. Oddly it broke just inside the insulation, about 5mm from the pcb end. Odd place to break I thought.
Any idea why it might break at this particular point? The wires obviously break after many operations of the pcb/usb plug being slid in/out causing fatigue.
An easily fixed design fault I guess, but may happen again.
The idea is not bad though.
Maybe a flip open design, that separates battery and warm part would be ideal as a compact worklight.
But the idea of a tiny dangleable flood light thing in the pocket is still intriguing.
I use a nightcore tube for lightweight carry around.
But it lacks the flood light feature or standing on a desk or toolbox ability.
Despite it's defective possibility, does anyone know where i can get this COB Light? I like it.
Maybe the protection on the old battery was limiting the current to suit.. but then again Clive would have spotted if it had!!! Hmm.. cool video.
So I take it BigClive found this in the "Repair-It-Yourself" section of Poundland. 🙂
Ugh, I know how to solder I just don't have the patience or dexterity to actually do it. :/ My patience is really a problem, I usually end up with extra screws when I put stuff back together. I usually get plagued with things that sproing out parts when you open them and then you have to look up where all the parts are supposed to go back to.
thats a neet little light .
The flaky battery makes me think someone saw opportunity for profit by buying a bunch of battery-less USB LEDs, "saving" on defective batteries and selling a shitload until the reviews start coming in. Yay, capitalism!
Is that Uni-T USB meter a “genuine” Uni-T? I can’t find it on eBay and the sellers on amazon are a bit shady. Tear down maybe? 🙂
"I wonder what sort of current this thing charges at."
Me: Easy 600mA, best current for smol cell!
actually charges at 600mA
God dammit chinese blokes, it was just a joke!
I do like Clive reviews ,it makes me pay attention to things ,as far as safety concern