A full guide to making your very own electrical deathtrap floral display with dangerously live interchangeable LEDs.
This project is completely unsafe, and should not be built by anyone with an ounce of common sense.
The circuitry is based on a simple capacitive voltage dropper (hence it's inherent shock hazard) which allows the power supply circuitry to be fitted into a very small area and gives very high efficiency of around just quarter of a watt power consumption.
The LEDs are in standard Molex style 0.1" (tenth-inch / 2.54mm) pitch sockets which have wire stems that are looped so that all the LEDs are in series like standard Christmas light strings (fairy lights).
The power supply and base of the stems are potted into a suitable lamp holder with resin and in this case I also added a few stems of plastic lotus leaves from an existing Chinese LED night light. I also used some of the night lights silicone mushroom shaped LED caps on some of the LEDs.
Once again, this decorative device operates at mains voltage and contact with the pins of the LEDs could give an electric shock. As such, if you build it, then you should turn the power off while changing LEDs and also make sure that the light is never put where a child or any "normal" person could handle it while lit.
This project is completely unsafe, and should not be built by anyone with an ounce of common sense.
The circuitry is based on a simple capacitive voltage dropper (hence it's inherent shock hazard) which allows the power supply circuitry to be fitted into a very small area and gives very high efficiency of around just quarter of a watt power consumption.
The LEDs are in standard Molex style 0.1" (tenth-inch / 2.54mm) pitch sockets which have wire stems that are looped so that all the LEDs are in series like standard Christmas light strings (fairy lights).
The power supply and base of the stems are potted into a suitable lamp holder with resin and in this case I also added a few stems of plastic lotus leaves from an existing Chinese LED night light. I also used some of the night lights silicone mushroom shaped LED caps on some of the LEDs.
Once again, this decorative device operates at mains voltage and contact with the pins of the LEDs could give an electric shock. As such, if you build it, then you should turn the power off while changing LEDs and also make sure that the light is never put where a child or any "normal" person could handle it while lit.
Walking into Clive's place would be like having the electrical equivalent of Death Cap toadstools hanging overhead.
You can't leave out explody bits.
Explody bits is why we watch these videos.
"It's not the safest way."
Safe is for wimps. 😁
That ending was dark.
I found myself almost screaming Shrink Tube! Shrink Tube! He just mentioned hot air on the 936! Let’s see it in action!
And then the potting at the end. So disappointed. 😂
What is the exact components value of the circuit?
Wonderful! Including that insane laugh 😂
Juuuust as I'm doing a delicate solder point, your ending laugh came out! Now to clean the mess and redo the 'delicate' joint😂😂
Holy crap this is incredible! Love you, Big Clive!
Why don't you get a dremel to take things apart, or do you already have one?
OMG that ending, I pissed myself