Progressive LED failure in a clock
Added 2025-02-07 03:05:36 +0000 UTCNot just a look at a faded clock with dead segments, but a suggestion of the best colour choice if you intend to get one of these.
This exact same clock was explored in a previous video and was then left running to see how fast the LEDs degraded. (Which they did!)
It wasn't even left running at full intensity - so the LEDs would have failed even faster if it had been used at full brightness.
Comments
I've seen a few failed old-skool LEDs in the past. Including a ceramic package red LED in a synthesiser.
Big Clive
2025-02-08 07:34:00 +0000 UTCIt's just a crude sound detector for lighting the display at night.
Big Clive
2025-02-08 07:33:11 +0000 UTCLike LED really means Light Eventually Diminishes
Seán Byrne
2025-02-07 21:35:45 +0000 UTCWe have quite a few stage type LED lights and the red leds never seem to go. Blue first then a few green ones.
Bri
2025-02-07 11:41:54 +0000 UTCNice clock. One could say a timeless piece...
Mike Hughes
2025-02-07 09:38:14 +0000 UTCWhat on earth is the mic for...? In the 80s, I had a Braun brand bedside alarm clock that stopped sounding when it detected a sound. Maybe something similar...?
Rup (FastAsFunk)
2025-02-07 08:17:06 +0000 UTCSome of the late 70s/early 80s red LEDs faded badly. We’d get 7 year old portable audio mixers in for service where the red power LED had become so dim as to be hard to see.
Alice Chapman
2025-02-07 07:22:45 +0000 UTCThanks Big Clive. Cool clock. I like the red.
Dave Frederick AKA @amorphuc
2025-02-07 03:47:07 +0000 UTC
