I was sent these two lights to take apart and see if I could find what had gone wrong. They are 10W LED floodlights with a very slim profile due to the use of a large array of half watt SMD LEDs on a PCB with their mains power supply.
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9 thoughts on “Teardown, autopsy and hack of dead smd led floodlight.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ouya's Tech Show says:

    power wasting failling crappy dodgy led lights.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars phil merrifield says:

    youtube REALLY needs to sort out the auto generation of captions. If you want a good laugh Clive watch a video with them on

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Allen says:

    New circuit board + a couple of 14400 cells…? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜
    Hard to tell exactly what how much room you've got in there…

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bryan Taylor says:

    Hey Big Clive, love your work man! I have similar LED flood light that are AC too, and I'd like to run them 24v DC – is that possible??

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars S P says:

    Bought 6 50watt, 20 10watt, 2 300watt, 1 500 watt.
    All but the 500 watt have failed within 12 months.
    Such a shame full metal housings ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿฝ

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ing. Rolando Albert Mazzei says:

    Hi! Great video,where did you find the datasheet?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ptmoy1 says:

    Is it possible to replace the individual LEDs that has the black spots (or maybe just remove the burned LEDs and bridge with a short wire to get the light working again)? How does one go about figuring out what LEDs are used on flood light such as these?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Antony Gilbey says:

    All I know is I bought one and its knackered after one year,,technology !!!!

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard Lingham says:

    Just rewatched this video and I had an idea. High power less have a hundred chips in a ten by ten array but if they were all linked together in a chain of a hundred could 3 chips be used to switch the first 20 on then ten or row at a time? Would that result in low dissipation and more of the rectified synwave being used

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