I saw these on eBay so I bought a couple to take a closer look at. The construction is a spiral of standard straw hat LEDs wound round a central core. It looks very nice. Let's break it.
This lamp turned out to be better suited to 120V than 240V as it pushes the LEDs quite hard. If used with 100-120V it will look good and last for a very long time.
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13 thoughts on “Opening a sparkly lamp with a spiral of leds. with schematic”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars classicgamr says:

    Magic wand..roflmao!!

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars brainfornothing says:

    Oh ! "Ranpo lighting" ! Always trying to steal your money ! First they send LED lamps with a fraction of the real wattage, even 1/4 ! And, when you catch them, they always try to lie to you, my first time for weeks ! Not anymore ! Even so, this year I bought a LED lamp for another supplier and… They were, again, Ranpo, with a different name ! Of course, same problems, but now I put eBay disputes directly, I don't trust them anymore. Cheers !

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Polite Cat says:

    ive gotten into a habit of watching your videos while eating my evening greek yogurt snack every day. the video lengths are usually quite good for that kind of thing. it's something relaxing to watch.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Oldbatwit says:

    Re the voltage thingy…. Forgive a stupid question but could you just run two in series?

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars AMERICANREBEL ! says:

    Thank you BC!

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pauldzim says:

    Just noticed the Hopi says "frequence" instead of "frequency"

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Carlos Segundo says:

    Best magic trick ever!!!!

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike De La Mater says:

    Am I the only one that was slightly afraid when he reached off camera for his magic wand?

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Samuel Fellows says:

    also called LED tree lamp – as the spiral of LEDs resembles a tiny tree 😉

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Antonio Claudio Michael says:

    Great video clive

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Myriaddsystems says:

    Have they got any Buckie flavoured fruity bottles?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Willie Ngumi says:

    I enjoy watching these videos. They inspire me to learn electronics, and wish you had a channel where you teach electronics. More importantly the logic rather than the function i.e. some online courses will introduce electronic components, but don't help define what the component is used for. I'm a programmer by background, and understanding 'why' gives one room to learn. Great videos, I've subscribed and hope one day you offer Electronics 101 courses with simple exercises to do… I'l get myself and my kids to watch every one of them, and then do all the 'things to build' excercises.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Kay says:

    run two in series on 240. oh you broke one didn't you. rock on Clive

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