 today’s progress in “turn half of the wardrobe into an electronics workspace” is - screwed some pieces of wood into the wall 26 comments
 @Gargron this one: https://www.v-tac.eu/products/samsung/led-fixtures/20w-led-grill-fitting-samsung-chip-60cm-120-lm-watt-4000k-detail.html however i did have to modify the driver circuit board because the light was too bright for this use (removed one of two resistors to increase the sense resistance for the driver chip, which makes it dimmer) @jk You're not getting a lot of color accuracy and at 50 Hz it visibly flickers which may cause you headaches  @ifixcoinops @jk Not really. You do get CRI95 with Phillips bulbs but CRI98 and over is super rare. Most people don't pay attention to that so sometimes you won't even see that metric on the package. But in my subjective experience the difference is noticable once you've tried them side by side. Most LEDs give a slightly lifeless light. @jk @ifixcoinops Well, I don't prefer the incandescent electric bill. My apartment is all high-CRI LEDs. @Gargron @ifixcoinops yeah, the cost isn't worth it. if i was a millionaire id change back to incandescents probably @Gargron @jk I like LED bulbs but I don't like that in a 3-bulb fixture I've got 3 crappy power supplies stuffed into a really small space, getting hot and ready to fail, instead of one really good power supply that'll last until the caps dry up and then swap the caps out. If I do ever get around to putting solar panels up, I'm just gonna run DC to the ceilings (they're up high anyway). Heck I'm tempted to just run all my lights off an old JAMMA switcher @Gargron @jk The LEDs themselves work on something like 12v or 24v DC, and here in the USA the supply voltage is (supposed to be) 120v AC, so every bulb needs a bridge rectifier and a voltage regulator and etc etc, all of which is less reliable than the LEDs. Especially when they've all gotta be stuffed into a tiny space to fit into a lightbulb. It really should just be a DC supply for each room or maybe each floor of the house, but we're not there yet. @Gargron maybe it's the wrong product? it does look the same in every way though. this is the exact thing I bought, for reference: https://www.amazon.co.uk/V-TAC-Fittings-Integrated-600x74x24mm-Lighting/dp/B07DTPXVM2 |
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today: putting in the brackets. while i wait for the plywood to show up