This odd little light was suggested by Stephen Eyles. It's basically a low power floodlight that projects a wash of uneven colour onto a wall or other surface.
The insides are very simple and can be modified if desired with either a coloured LED or custom filter. The adhesive on the lens came off well with isopropanol without damaging the plastic.
The LED driver chip has two numbers on it:- 7611ASH and KL1A23B I think it may be one of those "for manufacturers only" chips. But it's probably similar to a classic Brightpower chip.
To find these lights on eBay use the keywords "LED sunset light".
Price guide £€$10-15. Some are USB powered and some mains powered. The USB ones may have a simple resistor current limiter on the same PCB as the LED.
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18 thoughts on “Sunset light projector teardown”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Elijah Tate says:

    So the filter is a dichroic film over an orange gel?

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nenes Fatria says:

    Saya dari indonesia,lampu saya sama identik seperti yang ada di vidio,dan lampu saya rusak berkedip kedip,bagaimana cara memperbaikinya?sepanjang vidio saya bingung karena tidak ada terjemahan untuk saya pahami:)

    Tolong buatkan vidio memperbaikinya ,terimakasih

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Myles Morales says:

    My guy – the intelligent technical breakdown we all want to see

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MARCEL GENEVA says:

    this video is so cool! it gave me lots of ideas on how to convert regular lamps, like i wanted to paint the glass cover of my halogen floor lamp with glass paint but im thinking this film would be much cooler and easier (for me anyways its been shockingly hard to find heat resistant paint i'm so paranoid of the glass exploding while the lamp heats up)

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tristan Wegner says:

    Thanks for the teardown. We have the version with the thin stalk, and honestly, we are quite happy for it for the low price. The dichroic effect when turned off actually looks nice and a bit mysterious from the outside.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zhenhua Chen says:

    that the color mixed LOL like
    the camera filter.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jus.2ne says:

    Thanks for making this teardown. I'm on my way to making my own sunset projector. Made me see whats going on inside it. Good job!

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lost In Tech says:

    I've got one of these now with two LEDs in, an inner (white?) one and a ring of (RGB?) halo LEDs around it, so obviously they're evolving!

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kim Sleep says:

    THANK GOD FOR THIS EBAY CRAP!!!!!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Percy Phelps says:

    That could form the basis of an NBTV mechanical television with the addition of a suitable Nipkow disk.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars K says:

    I was wondering how the ring effect was made! It was that bit of yellow LED that wraps around the film! Thanks for making the vid!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars PPEEKKAABBOO says:

    the film used, what kind of film?

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alisson Danute says:

    what is the name of this type of lens? (I'm Brazilian, and I didn't understand what kind of lens this is)

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars F H says:

    Bear with me… *bears*

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John E says:

    Can you convert watts to lumens. I notice light bulbs quote lumens with low watts. An old light bulb might say 60w but what would be the equivalent lumens.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Freestila F. says:

    Bought a garden rgb spot last year. Modded it with an esp8266 and esphome. No i can use it with wifi instead of ir remote 🙂

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter Larkin says:

    Have some dichromic lampshades here that are gold & crumpled for that Nasa space insulator look. Very effective:)

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tereka says:

    Where can I buy just the different color films for the light?

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