A comparison between Poundland's 144 LED sparkle lights (£5) and a typical cheap 100 LED light string from eBay. The safety differences are enormous.
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I've got a set of white ones from ebay with a good low voltage plug but sus us plug at the end 🙄
Fairy lights always sounds so exceptionally gay and I am ok with that. Or maybe I just like rainbows.
I used to test power supplies with the ten ohm resistor as a fuse. Putting on a short after the bridge. Many fail the electrical separation test afterwards between 240v and the output.
I see the china lights have no earth, no isolation, no fuse and come complete with the mandatory electric shock and fire hazards as standard. If you want to burn your house down then gas and matches are cheaper.
i really like how you have these little tricks to find the color value of resistors. Very good !
with those chinese set of lights looks like you are going to have your own indoor fireworks display
Hi Clive. I'm just wondering here, wouldn't there be a case here for using a plug in RCD at the socket, and running all these lights via the RCD, via a fused 'power strip'?
Are all UK fairy lights DC?
How did the incandescent mini lights work I've seen pics where theirs only one wire.
All holiday lights in the US led or incan have at least 3 wires for the ones that connect togeather and the 2 wire string that has no end. We have solar lights that are very similar to the UK lights wire and blub. But our standard mini leds don't seem to be DC they also flicker except for special 2 phase Philips brand. They use the standard A type non polorized plug as the incan sets use. I haven't seen any kind of dc convertor. Could I buy some UK sets online and use a sep up transformer would the 60hz hurt the incan sets.
Thanks for the vid mate have a great day.
I'm keeping a simple cable extender with low amperage fuse just for Chinese gadgets.
basically Poundland employs someone like you, Clive to ensure the electrical safety and design standards of the stuff they sell. It would be interesting to find out who…
For this type of dangerous toy I prefer a 'shaver' adapter which has a 1 amp fuse rather than a 13 amp fuse protected multiway block.
I would like to know if we can convert the cheap lights to be powered by batteries?