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This style of light has clearly become a common thing, and that's good, because it is supremely customisable.   The massive lens gathers up a lot of light from the LED and projects it as a very useful beam/wash in the style of a theatre profile light.

This mass produced unit represents astounding value for the raw components, and it's easy to upgrade the LED to one of your choice.

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Excellent "sunset light" is an ideal project base

This style of light is commonly available on eBay and other online platforms. This one came from a UK outlet called One Beyond and represents huge value for money just for the components to make a custom light. Even out the box it is excellent for adding a little extra light at the bench or splashing some ambient light on a wall. In a power outage it would also make a very comforting light when used with a USB power bank. It's actually worth buying just for the components. The huge lens captures a lot of light from the LED, and the aluminium case provides good heatsinking for your own choice of LED. You could have a lot of fun just messing around with this and some Luxeon star style LEDs. Note that if using small nuts and bolts to attach the LED to the back with a dab of heatsink compound, it is advised to use insulating washers as otherwise the nuts or bolts can bridge pads on the classic star style LEDs. The case and lens assembly could make a very interesting project housing. Just be aware that it would probably cause issues if used where sunlight could shine directly into it. 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

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Anonymous

WHERE S THE F...ING COMMUNITY GONE?

Gordo

I searched "sunset light" on eBay - for £9/$11 you can get the same thing with a multicolo(u)r LED and that ubiquitous wireless remote control