Topic

lighting

6 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.

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   1 How to make a super bright LED light panel (for video work etc)

   DIY Perks 6 people · 7 months · since May 2015

   DIY Perks builds a bright battery-powered LED panel for video work; people copy the design and ask how its potentiometer and resistor set the converter's output range.

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   2 The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps

   bigclivedotcom 4 people · 5 months · since Sept 2021

   An explanation of the Dubai lamp story, used to show that ordinary LED bulbs are driven too hard with little cooling so they fail early.

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   3 Testing dodgy 100W LEDs from ebay sellers.

   bigclivedotcom 3 people · 4 months · since Jul 2015

   A bigclive video on white LEDs that explains why some packages contain several junctions in series and raises doubts about the quality of cheap sourced parts.

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   4 RGB light strip synced to music

   strathgard 3 people · 3 months · since Sept 2014

   A music-reactive LED strip project that people point to as a template for their own room lighting, with hardware and code details in the description.

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   5 LED filaments

   mikeselectricstuff 3 people · 3 months · since Apr 2015

   Explains how LED filament bulbs work, with one viewer warning that some such bulbs flicker noticeably.

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   6 Sudden science - driving fluorescent tubes properly.

   bigclivedotcom 3 people · 3 months · since Sept 2019

   Linked as a good explainer on electronic ballasts for fluorescent style tubes, consulted by people puzzling over how ballast power ratings add up.