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josef

putting together the Integrated Trash Unit

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josef

@Gargron this one: v-tac.eu/products/samsung/led-

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)

Eugen Rochko replied to josef

@jk You're not getting a lot of color accuracy and at 50 Hz it visibly flickers which may cause you headaches

josef replied to josef
Dan Fixes Coin-Ops replied to josef

@jk @Gargron aye LED flicker and bad colours only happens in really shit LEDs these days

Eugen Rochko replied to Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

@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.

josef replied to Eugen

@Gargron @ifixcoinops yeah i much prefer incandescent even now

Eugen Rochko replied to josef

@jk @ifixcoinops Well, I don't prefer the incandescent electric bill. My apartment is all high-CRI LEDs.

josef replied to Eugen

@Gargron @ifixcoinops yeah, the cost isn't worth it. if i was a millionaire id change back to incandescents probably

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops replied to Eugen

@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

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops replied to Eugen

@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.

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops replied to Eugen

@Gargron @jk I just mix a bunch of different bulbs together and change them around until I'm happy

josef replied to Eugen

@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: amazon.co.uk/V-TAC-Fittings-In

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