After discovering just how hard the Poundland lamp was running its LEDs I decided to downgrade it to what turned out to be a 1W lamp by swapping the original 560nF capacitor for a 220nF one. (The largest value I had in stock.)
It worked well. The lamp now still puts out a lot of light, but runs nice and cool.
It worked well. The lamp now still puts out a lot of light, but runs nice and cool.
tested loaded now output 125vdc and 18v per led can't test current lol eBay auto multimeter lol
oh are lol they changed the design 7 smd led checked driver board unloaded voltage it went to 333vdc lol more than input 240vac lol
Very true all u can do with poundland shit is hack it 😂😂
Was thinking of perhaps an alternative hack – if it could be provided with some ventilation that worked, instead of the purely decorative second row, then maybe it might maintain an acceptable temperature at full power
Really nice! It seems that it doesnt flicker also, compared to the non hacked one, might be because of the new cap then? Could you explain why it got down in power just because of the change of the cap?
"infernal" lead free solder indeed. I can NEVER melt that crap with a normal soldering iron. A 25w weller doesn't stand a chance. My temp controlled iron will do it when cranked up to 'burn out the tip' levels, but otherwise, ugh
Nice hack, thumbs up.