It's not perfect, there is one circuitry quirk that may affect the battery voltage sensing. It just keeps flashing the last LED as if it's still charging when it is already fully charged.
2022-05-27 04:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSMot-nnIc
2022-05-27 03:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ilEVaoYpo
2022-05-26 20:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post
An extra mid-week stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ilEVaoYpo
2022-05-26 05:39:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Given how important USB chargers are these days, I can't stress enough that you MUST buy a good quality one from a brand with a reputation to protect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwEh4jsVew0
These ...
2022-05-26 05:05:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's take a look at the circuitry inside a Livarno (LIDL) LED lamp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6EiQLcQFLU
Nice that the housing is glass.
2022-05-25 03:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostSo far all the salvaged lithium cells I've tested have taken a charge to their full capacity, suggesting they are fresh and quite good quality. Not surprising given the huge volume of units sold and the high current they operate at.
This makes them very useful for retrofitting into th...
2022-05-25 00:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is about some shaped LED modules for use inside lamps, but it's mostly about the animated LED flame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4atbrGHLn1E
I reckon this will replace the traditional ne...
2022-05-23 01:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Quite a stylish light. It has an unusual bangle-style lens that creates a 360 degree flat beam around the whole unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKrS6YdTjEU
Quite nice with a bit of fog in t...
2022-05-21 01:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbG4iPV8kA0
2022-05-20 01:17:09 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmoLmGSdjs
2022-05-19 20:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmoLmGSdjs
2022-05-19 00:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
This video will be Patreon only, because it will probably trip the YouTube vape-device filter.
I was also getting used to a different recording device and space, so I wandered off-shot fo...
2022-05-17 21:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I filmed this in an improvised studio area, so it will sound very different and also have a different visual "feel". Let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJMj7FtroY
2022-05-17 21:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to others who contributed to this project with complex scripts that allow the creation of custom sized LED-neon stars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_mcSwX6uJM
The need for curved points for ...
2022-05-17 01:44:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is of Mitch having an "incident" while oiling his paper shredder with WD40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-9iekhrH3s
It reached just the right fuel-air ratio to ignite from the motor brus...
2022-05-16 15:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I recorded this before travelling to Glasgow, so tonight's live stream on BigCliveLive will be from Glasgow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2VticxYGg
2022-05-14 19:40:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCp8nHwHW74
2022-05-13 23:16:20 +0000 UTC View Post
While checking out the newly refurbished Delmonicas bar in Glasgow I decided to press their mystery button on the toilet ceiling, and share the video with friends on Facebook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0c...
2022-05-12 18:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Revisiting some very early mains-powered LED arrays I built when gallium nitride LEDs first became affordable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_5vTgjbvto
I think this project deserves a revisit, as it...
2022-05-12 08:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This was supposed to be a glorious revisit to a fond childhood memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyrI0a-9LpY
It really didn't turn out that way.
2022-05-10 20:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
The most interesting thing about this module is the way it's been sealed to make it waterproof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GQbFz_SYlI
I added a bit onto the end of the video to show how the therm...
2022-05-08 23:19:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VqemHiDPZI
2022-05-07 17:48:40 +0000 UTC View Post
What better to defend you from the 5Gs and all that "dirty" electricity in your home than self adhesive radioactive disks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQzwlxKR5k
2022-05-06 14:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a link to the current live stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0SfNjuu7X4
2022-05-05 20:12:24 +0000 UTC View PostI think my safety video may have triggered more aggressive filtering of the dangerous wood burning videos. I've just received a warning for my FIRST video on the subject that showed the safety required and how a lower current transformer could be used instead, and it's been taken down.
<... 2022-05-05 11:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0SfNjuu7X4
2022-05-05 03:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post
These tiny little stickers intended for fingernails have an LED and circuitry that powers it when placed in the vicinity of an NFC coil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAuNyskCGA
The original intende...
2022-05-04 21:41:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This guy had a serious accident with a microwave transformer while fracking wood, and describes exactly what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye09i4JQAYs
2022-05-04 01:31:23 +0000 UTC View Post
While I'm travelling there's going to be a burst of shorter videos I've prepared in advance to keep you entertained while I'm away from my normal bench.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0-9ivSyz9Y
Let'...
2022-05-03 23:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post