It seemed so simple. A nice safe insect catcher that lured naughty insects in with its tantalising blue light and sucked them into a trap. But then it revealed its dark side and a really dubious bit of design too.
So after a thorough hacking it now draws half the power, runs much brighter with no flicker, but is still a bit of a deathtrap.
This just leaves the question... Was the flicker intentional? To stimulate insects to move towards it? Although it was REALLY dim. And were the resistors for heat? Again I doubt it, I think it was just bad design, which is a shame given the amount of work that has gone into making it.
So after a thorough hacking it now draws half the power, runs much brighter with no flicker, but is still a bit of a deathtrap.
This just leaves the question... Was the flicker intentional? To stimulate insects to move towards it? Although it was REALLY dim. And were the resistors for heat? Again I doubt it, I think it was just bad design, which is a shame given the amount of work that has gone into making it.
I have buy some chinese night light for babies at 1.5$ each and it's seems to be a fire hazardous lamps to use it at baby rooms and i will not sugest to buy those
It's headed for that small pink moon.
I think I can get that fly before he gets there. He's almost in range.
That's no moon. It's a deathball.
It's too pink to be a deathball!
If nothing else, these videos are teaching me that electrical imports from some countries is a real Wild West show.
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yoooo geshini impact!!!!
Clive, maybe one day you could investigate why Dyson vacuum batteries fail so often. Of the dozen or so I have dissected, none of the 18650 cells had failed. The problem has to be related to the current limiting circuitry. Most likely due to the "power boost" feature that Dyson recommends only using when needed. What I found in every case so far is the owner leaves it run in power boost all the time because it's the only way it really works well. Just a suggestion. Love your videos.
This thing looks like it was rejected from the assembly line as a lettuce / salad spinner thingy, and instead of tossing the thing in the recycling bin, some enterprising Chinese business pirate rebadged it & subsequently sold it as something far FAR worse.
Can I get some stickers with "The Big Clive Seal of Approval" on them?
Clive, great video and ACE alternative solution however a Clive catch phase dropped!!!!! Not a single uttering of …..โone moment pleaseโ gutted! I was ready to say it with you but no…………..
Bob
England
Didnt you just plug something designed for 110v to uk mains?
You just showed them a way to save a few more $.
Why do people make these things, they could have screwed the top part where the circuit board sits.
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One bearded man vs. the entire chinese electronics knowledge…. who will win? ๐
Some of these cheap eBay/Aliexpress electronics are very cleverly designed to function with as few components as possible. But sometimes, they are so poorly designed I can't understand what the designer was thinking. Clive made a much better product with fewer components.