I got these mainly because I really liked the style of the aluminium housing. They are basically a housing with an LED, driver and glass lens on the front. They actually run the 10W LED at 4W, which is probably a good thing, since the quality of the LEDs in the chip are poor.
It also has a hazard mode where it strobes the lights in bursts.
The driver chip is PT4115 which is more than capable of driving the LEDs at their proper current, but is set to the lower current, possibly because of the LED quality or the limited cooling area.
The driver chip has an enable or PWM input which is used for the strobe effect in conjunction with what is possibly a generic PIC 12 clone.
The lights come with adjustable pan/tilt brackets, and also have two threaded holes on the back to accept the supplied studs for bulkhead mounting.
The light output is quite a nice lensed beam. These lights are very hackable.
It also has a hazard mode where it strobes the lights in bursts.
The driver chip is PT4115 which is more than capable of driving the LEDs at their proper current, but is set to the lower current, possibly because of the LED quality or the limited cooling area.
The driver chip has an enable or PWM input which is used for the strobe effect in conjunction with what is possibly a generic PIC 12 clone.
The lights come with adjustable pan/tilt brackets, and also have two threaded holes on the back to accept the supplied studs for bulkhead mounting.
The light output is quite a nice lensed beam. These lights are very hackable.
Yes Dear Clive most of these are not giving out as much light as one things when buying them Indoors it seems OK but on a car, 5 watt led is not much on a dark road.
And don't forget the CHUNKYNESS LOL
Electronics-aside, the housing does appear unique and beneficial (and I can't find this specific housing anywhere).
It appears that the LED is directly attached to the housing (thus a decent heatsink?). For the other versions I see currently available, there doesn't appear to be any heat sinking involved.
Anyone have any thoughts on how to source these housings directly (without the LEDs)? We know we're going to replace the electronics anyway….
I don't understand why you seem to gravitate towards the cheap crappy products when you could just get the nicer ones, have better examples of good design, and have a better product to use or sell, whatever your fancy when you're done with an autopsy.
10Watts? – I reckon it's all in the small text. . . . How many times have I seen LED vehicle lamps for sale on the net, with tasty sounding output ratings, only to find that the headline figure is actually the combined rating for both lamps, so here in your example, 10W would be about right – for the pair!
10Watts? – I reckon it's all in the small text. . . . How many times have I seen LED vehicle lamps for sale on the net, with tasty sounding output ratings, only to find that the headline figure is actually the combined rating for both lamps, so here in your example, 10W would be about right – for the pair!
I'd probably substitute an Arduino clone and an RGB LED.
The multi resister thingy. What is it?
Clive, when are you going to invest in an electric screwdriver? I purchased a rare model that Hilti made several (10-15) years ago which is a tremendous help when disassembly of gadgets with too damned many screws are encountered. I see the last comment was a year ago so I doubt you see this suggestion, but a comprehensive set of quality bits and bit holders are invaluable to me. I also suffer from Carpal Tunnel from years of manipulating Klein 9" Electricians pliers, screwdrivers, etc. as a Licensed in Georgia Master Electrician. The manipulation of Kleins as hammers and persuaders contibuted quite a bit to this as well as teaching my apprentices the correct side to beat with to avoid ruining the pliers by flattening the swivel joint. It is different sides according to brand of pliers and having not purchased any new Klein's, Ideal, etc. recently careful study avoids the dreaded stiff opening pliers. In the day new Klein pliers were extremely stiff and required sometimes extensive breaking in periods to use one handed to open and close. Remembrances of dipping my pliers in mud puddles and working them repeatedly often shortened the aggravating period by quite a bit. Being the owner of several pairs of Electricians pliers I still retain pairs I ruined damned near immediately by ignoring the swivel pins direction. Once you smash the pin there's no fixing them and unless you have huge, muscular hands they're rendered useless to most of us. I love your reviews (mostly) disagreeing on small points you deem enhancements. Keep up the good work, I'll keep reading and testing your opinions.
Thanks,
Zappenfusen
i wonder if they are weather proof enough for a boat
Each time I try to install LEDs on my scooter on the T10 plug instead of the original glass bulbs, they die after a month. I have tried many sellers with diverse designs and colours at different prices on Ebay, no luck so far…
Hey man…. nice video… do you think can I put inside my 30w chip led?. theres enuff space?
Where did you get that sweet resistance box?? I must order one today!