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Decent pound shop solar light (Patreon)

Published:

2023-07-17 21:41:50

Imported:

2023-07

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A video I filmed just before heading across to work on a the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

We just did the first day of the load in and it was very heavy going with many more heavy lights than normal.

Tomorrow we have another truck of lights arriving and then on Wednesday a third truck of lights and a crane to get our gear up into the castle. After that it should start getting easier.

I'll try to get some snippets of backstage footage when things settle down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpksc13bshM

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Surprisingly good pound-shop solar light

This pound shop (dollar store) light from One Beyond in the UK caught my attention because it seemed to be styled on the classic fence mounting solar lights, but was priced more as a typical garden stake-light. It turns out it's a hybrid of the two with a decent solar panel and NiMH cell, but with classic minimalist solar garden light circuitry. With the usual upgrades (Bypass the switch, lacquer the PCBs and grease the battery terminals) it could last a long time. The intensity vs run-time can also be tuned to your local sunshine levels by swapping the inductor. It represents pretty good value as a project light. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators