you could make a big seven-segment display from these

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

Mikeselectricstuff did.

@CannaCJ

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe a member emitting something, as shown by a traveling stream of lit filaments?

@jjhack3r

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jjhack3r

2 жыл бұрын

@@CannaCJ No.

@alexvonhoene1391

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/epOMy9engpDJcbQ.html

2:05 When I did the electronics module in A Level physics, whenever we had a test or an exam, often, one of the questions was to draw a bridge rectifier, but I could never remember which way round the diodes went, so I always had to work it out in my head as I drew it. If only someone had said "all the diodes point to positive." It's obvious too, when you think about it.

@alexstone691

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly i still prefer the block drawing cause it's much less annoying, faster and cleaner than my crooked diode bridge

@dannyalvens5418

2 жыл бұрын

It is usually the simple things that mess with us..

@jfan4reva

2 жыл бұрын

I was always like, "okay, this is going to be positive, so these two go this way, and this is going to be negative so those two go that way". But I never 'made the connection', and realized that yeah, they all point to positive.

@Ozzy3333333

2 жыл бұрын

the way I do it is, draw the diamond with caps in the place of the diodes, then simply turn the caps into diodes. I do this quite often when I am not sure which way to put the diode, draw it as a cap, think about it and convert to diode.

@priyabratasadhukhan6435

2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to hear this line "all the diodes point to positive" from the local tv mechanic. And it saved me later in physics lab

I use a UV flashlight to count the individual LEDs, they glow as bluish dots as the phosphor glows yellow. My filaments operate optimally at 60 volts each.

@mikemondano3624

2 жыл бұрын

"Optimally" should, if we are being realistic, include lifespan.

@brianbricker1969

2 жыл бұрын

Just for a count, this works, especially on these type of filament/diode circuits. If it is shrouded by a diffuser it obviously doesn't help bit this is a good tip.

@throttlebottle5906

2 жыл бұрын

welding helmet/lens works also with LED powered on, you can look right into them safely

@Karl_Kampfwagen

2 жыл бұрын

Emitters. No Filament.

@nw7696

2 жыл бұрын

@@Karl_Kampfwagen I call the "sticks" composed of many individual emitters (LEDs) "filaments" since that is what they are intentionally trying to simulate by design. 🙂👍

They do look quite well matched on the brightness side of things which is progress. Look forward to projects using these filaments!

I really, really like those filament style LEDs. Years ago I bought several bulbs that used those and were about as close as you can get to an early 1900's style bulb while still having useful light, which I absolutely adore. I know there are others that look even closer to the original bulbs, but those are purely for show that give off next to no light. Not that that's a bad thing, of course. But I prefer them being functional as well as visually appealing.

@LieseFury

2 жыл бұрын

i bought one with a rustic-looking lamp for my mom last year! they're called edison bulbs if we're talking about the same thing

@ollieb9875

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the filament bulbs are the only ones I like to buy. They've gone down in price quite a lot over the years. Those offerings from people like Phillips I think with the hazy opaque plasticy bulb and plastic base with the gubbins in just aren't the same 🥳

@scratchpad7954

2 жыл бұрын

I also love the Edison bulb for LED lighting because you get the aesthetic dialect of incandescent with the energy savings of LED. And, you can bet that Thomas Edison could scarcely have imagined that we could turn his light bulbs any color of the rainbow using the power of the internet. Also, I read about a new LED fabrication process that produces a CRI of 98+, making it the closest thing LED has yet become to natural daylight or incandescent light.

@Dee_Just_Dee

2 жыл бұрын

A couple of years ago on Amazon I accidentally bought a Maglite Solitaire penlight that used an incandescent bulb instead of a LED cob. It was so dim that I thought I'd been scammed! But yeah, it turns out that there's a market for really dim lights. In the case of my little Solitaire it turned out to be for aviators and campers. In those fields, it's beneficial to have a dim light by which you can read maps and manuals without disrupting your night vision.

@herzglass

2 жыл бұрын

I recently bought three of the ST64 by Philips Hue and put them in a nice table lamp, all upright next to each other in a horizontal configuration. They are dimmable and go very bright, but can also be super dim solely as decorative fixtures. Expensive but pretty neat!

It's not an ugly creation, Clive. It's a 3D-mounted electronic circuit, yet another piece of art.

@Mark1024MAK

2 жыл бұрын

It could be squashed down to a more 2D style if Clive was radical and actually used some thin heatshrink tubing to insulate the bare wires…

@redoverdrivetheunstoppable4637

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC it's called "deadbug style", because it remembers a dead bug evidently

Anytime the Kink Palculator makes an appearance you know the project is a gooder

Yeah... you _could_ run them at low power... or you could HUMBLE THE SUN!!! Come on, Clive, they can take like a watt per strip right? So 100W lamp, that isn't anything to be scared of! Show who's boss to them channels with the hundred LED flashlight things they think are so clever. Come oooon! You know Photon would do it!

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

It might require more than a capacitive dropper for that.

@AmusementLabs

2 жыл бұрын

Is it weird I read HUMBLE THE SUN as Dr. Doofenschmirtz? SET FIRE TO THE SUN!

@olsmokey

2 жыл бұрын

Come back Photonicinduction, all is forgiven.

@LieseFury

2 жыл бұрын

styropyro would like to know your location.

@alexanderrosalez8797

2 жыл бұрын

@@olsmokey what happened to photonicinduction? What did I miss? Lol

I always really like the videos where you’re making your own lights.

Man, I just realized that I've been subscribed to this channel long enough to remember when Clive didn't introduce the Cliff Quicktest by name every time he used it. When I decided to look into getting one, I had to dig around for a bit to find the video where he mentioned its name.

@cgtbrad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just asked and then saw your comment.

You could make either a ridiculously bright filament lamp (if the filaments are rated 0.5-1.0w ea) of 50w+ or a super long lasting one that still provides an entire room of light (round cage maybe?).

@AndrewGillard

2 жыл бұрын

Instead of a "super long _lasting"_ lamp, how about a _super long_ lamp‽ 👀 Connect all 100 filaments in series! It'd be like a fluorescent lamp! Or an LED strip! But instead of being powered by _boring_ 12V, 24V, 120V, or 240V, it'd require a _far more interesting_ 4~5 kV! (According to my sleep-deprived calculations, anyway 😴) Can the FART transformer output voltage get that high at enough mA? I don't recall its specs 🤔 (I only managed 3 hours of sleep last night, so after feeling like a zombie all day … _this_ … is apparently what my brain comes up with while I'm barely still conscious 😶 🤷‍♀️) _Don't play with high voltage, kids!_

@IncertusetNescio

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewGillard A cold-cathode neon transformer might work.

@shubinternet

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe build a large corn-style bulb, but with a potentiometer in series, so that you could make it a 20w bulb that lasts forever, or crank it up to something like 50w that would have a shorter lifespan, if left to run at that brightness for a long time.

@diamondfailer11

2 жыл бұрын

@@arletottens6349 I'll be looking forward to witness the LED saber of death right here on the grest interwebs.

@TheFreak111

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewGillard that's a very stupid idea. I love it.

Impressive as Clive's soldering skills are I'm thinking a ship in a bottle type build. Imagine the shapes and structures... 🙂

@Lurksmore

2 жыл бұрын

Would love this. Then say, put in an inverted 5 gallon carboy!!

This type of video is hands down one of my favorites to see you make stuff up. I'm excited to see this Clive-ai lamp. This will be epic. You are gonna give Phillips some serious competition. Can I pre order 1,000 units? Great video

@tbavister

2 жыл бұрын

I think it should be written Clive-aye in honour of his heritage ;-)

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166

8 ай бұрын

He's going to try to buy the Lordship of Mann from King Chucko and the House of Keys and these will be called the Mann Special Edition low-ewaste lamps. I jest

is there any dumb way of fixing the power factor? as in adding an inductor or something (not using active IC ) because the total system efficiency is very low and if u are running home for solar inverter then VA ratting matters

@TheBeastUponTheLolz

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. You'd have to put an inductor in series with the dropper capacitor. Not sure what the value would have to be. I'm sure there's an online calculator that would tell you.

@s2tenglish

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBeastUponTheLolz but I have not seen it done do u have any source ? most people are saying is that u have to use huge inductor due to low frequency of ac mains

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

Fixing electronic power factor is complex. It's only really viable for high power loads.

@blower1

2 жыл бұрын

Tying more banks in series so combined their forward voltage is closer to the rectified mains voltage and using a linear current regulator design, or just a resistor, will get you a much better power factor - although you will have to live with the slight mains flicker as dc smoothing cap will kill the power factor.

@PraxZimmerman

2 жыл бұрын

You need to plug an electric kettle into the mains, then have the steam from the kettle fed into a small turbine that turns a generator that powers the circuit. That'll bring your power factor to 1.

Bigclive, a fantastic example of creating your own lamps. Cannot wait for the next idea 💡 from this

I've said it before & I will say it again, True Cliveinites (fans of Clive for those who currently have that "cow looking at an oncoming train" blank stare) absolutely respect, honor & love Clive for his personality, knowledge, honesty & the most important of all...doing shit for no other reason than he can! Now, make no mistake the man's a seasoned veteran, a real Pro at this stuff, I don't see any other channels having the foresight to use an explosive containment pie pan, or forks of death! Thank you for including us in your mad science experiments Clive!

And the most spot on Clive thing ever, the dayglo-pink calculator. Thank you for the video, loved to follow the thought process.

Clive always good at explaining everything even in layman's terms

@ethzero

2 жыл бұрын

What's a layman, in layman's terms?

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with as this looks afordable and impressive.

Not often the circuit looks exactly the same as the circuit diagram. 👍

You are a very polite gentleman, with a soothing voice.

I love everything that emits light for some odd reason! LEDs are on top of the list.

This is quite interesting. Can't wait to see what you do with these!

Thank you for a very interesting video. This seems to be exactly what I needed for a retrofit I have been contemplating. Ordered some straight away. Thanks again.

Pretty interesting how these come, was kinda expecting a tube. Cheers for the share!

Am looking forward to seeing how this works out, I have started 'doobying' the light fittings in my home from the video you did. Would be interesting to see if you can create a 'high power' dubai-style lamp which could adequately illuminate a larger room with the single bulb, maybe using 15-20w.

Really enjoyed how you exploited the 3rd dimension in the creation of your test rig (rather a lot, really)

The pinkculator is back!

Love this. Not overseen in these filaments, though. They're really fragile, I had a pocket floodlight torch with one inside. Really good for working in small spaces. Dropped it once and now it's willing to work only occasionally. So... Great in non destructive environments. Saying non destructive, I'm amazed (and disappointed) that you haven't torched the lot ;-)

Looking forward to seeing what you make out of all those strips

Good video, I like the whole strip of those lit up. Maybe you could solder some extra ones into the places where there are missing ones.

Quality illumination right there Mate! I didn't re3alise they were so cheap nowadays, and it has given me an idea for a fairly high output outdoor luminaire using a few of these "collections"!

Using a safety device by bypassing the safety is very amusing, because we've all done it before.

Brilliant Clivei lamp. Certainly giving Phillips a run for their money. Every home should have Dubai lamps. Thanks for sharing Clive. 😀👍

Finally got around to converting those 120v items to 220v. Gotta love those dropping capacitors. Thanks for the advice!

Clive I love it when you mirror electroboom with the FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER, your lovely accent makes even more enjoyable and makes me giggle like a school girl when you do it

Whimsical. A nice light video.

I appreciate when you tell us to watch our eyes- I'm usually watching this at night with a toddler sleeping nearby 🤣

Clive, thanks for saying 120 volt American fixtures. Drives me nuts when people say 110 volts when it's not been that way for like 40 years.

@phonotical

2 жыл бұрын

I think generally it's a good idea to rate toward the upper end of what it can be like in the UK, it can still be higher than 240, if you don't take that in to account you could see results you didn't expect

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

110 has the advantage of being the international and memorable value from the traditional set of 55/110/220 . 55 V is appropriate for arc-lamps (19th century). 110V and 220V are the doubled values chosen as standards when the electrical grids were built. 230 and 115 seem to be fallout from the idiotic attempt to create an EU compromise between 220V grids in the rest of the EU and the unusual 240V grid in the UK. The only nice thing about 230V is that the 3-phase version is a round 400V instead of the traditional 380V.

@dgk42

2 жыл бұрын

I get in trouble with certain people if I say NZ uses 240VAC when it really uses 230VAC. Mind you, those people then start talking about earthing systems and totally confuse me :)

@phonotical

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndododoe1411 only 55 for an arc lamp?

@wobblysauce

2 жыл бұрын

Where I am in Aus atm my UPS is showing 235V atm.

I have been waiting for this video for sooo long, thanks Clive! I guess I know your interests long enough now that I was not to be disappointed and there will be something like this soon. Top job as always

Very cool Clive, love the clivi lamp

That was absolutely amazingly Awesome big Clive

Nice, can't wait to see more projects with those.

I love these lamps, i've had many osram bulbs over the years, and they all burn out after less than a year of use due to overheating. I've had some cheaper brands that actually caught fire aswell, but these led-filament bulbs just last forever! I have 7 of these in a chandelier in the bathroom (sounds fancier than it actually is) and they have ran continously for 8 years now, only turned them off to prank the wife every now and again..

5:50 “This looks safe” Clive, 2021. Long live CLIVE! Love ya brother!

Great video as always Clive. thanks...!

I could see these being good for a lighting panel, like those KZreadrs use to give area and personal lighting for podcasts etc. As the individual LED strips are less harsh than small dots in conventional LED's.

The Clive-ai lamp. Brilliant! Literally!

Nice Clive looking forward to your finished lamp, it should look awesome if you make it.

Oooh, Love these and all the creative things they could be used for. I'll have to check to see if they have any low voltage versions.

@SciFiFactory

2 жыл бұрын

They have. I made a wire-suspended text in a picture frame out of 38 parallel 3V filaments. (And I soldered 38 smd resistors to each filament before soldering them into the net mid-air ... I'll not be building a second one anytime soon XD)

They seem to promise a singles day price of € 13,03 / lot in 2 days or so... let's see how well Mr. Cheng holds up to his promise if he gets a ton of orders from us :-)

That bridge rectifier is the most hilarious thing I have ever seen. You straight up just did the drawing and then bent it.

My buddy Clive. Keep up the great videos. Haven't been able to catch the live steams like I used to since Hurricane Ida took our home internet and reliable mobile service. Looking forward to seeing you soon in your steams.

Who cannot admire Clive's version of the solderless connection? :)

thank you for this detailed knowledge

Can't wait to see this lamp.

great idea. love it I loved your Dubai LED lamp video. very interesting

That's pretty cool, Clive.

Great experiment and test Clive, I would suggest to increase the wattage of the 1 k resistor as it will age after a few turn on and offs with the inrush current to the 470 nF capacitor. (1 Watt is usually enough) On Cree streetlight leds I use 2 uF and 100 R 5 Watt for I limit and that has been going for years without fail.

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

I did get caught out with that resistor. I normally use a high value on very low current droppers. The LED current ended up being higher than I expected.

It hasn't bothered me but, thanks for telling us about bring the lights back up. It shows you are being considerate of your audience.

Interesting! I've seen LED bulbs with similar shaped filaments yet the bulb is advertised to consume ~ 5 watts. Certainly these look easier to use if you want to wire them to a mains voltage for cheap

Oh Nice another Clive video you making my Sunday better.

This man is a legend, I saw this after the Dubai lamp video and I was like damn this is gonna be interesting!

Very enlightening.

I love the pink calculator so much!

I foresee glass blowing equipment in BigClive's new workshop for CLIVEai Lamps. Maybe we'll get a new channel of howto videos with GlassCliveSlinger modelling spectacular frocks.

Love your videos Clive. Keep it up.

sweet Clive I will order some of those today because i can build some cool looking LED lights !

The plan for the fake dubai lamp sounds really good!

"Point toward the positive and point away from the negative. " Sounds like we have a song coming on :)

Love it!

I ordered a few of these that are 3v, they came today. Pretty cool little lights. Hooked up to cigarette sized (vape) batteries. Neat little device to show folks/car key fob light.

for the first time I like an in-the-air circuit on KZread 😅

Philips have released an LED 'HPL" series of LED filament lamps designed to replace lower wattage MBF. I picked up an 18w lamp which is designed to replace an 80w and it's quite impressive at 3000lm!

All diodes point to the positive now i will be able to remember. Thanks Stephen.

@andersjjensen

2 жыл бұрын

Clive's name is Stephen?

Impressive soldering skills and quite interesting video 😁

I rememberin the good ol' days before mains-powered LED lamps were affordable, my dad made his own. He usually kept the bases and electronics from failed CFL lamps, and would use the bridge rectifier and smoothing capacitor on those tiny CFL driver boards to make a 168VDC supply, which he would then connect to a set of 5mm white LEDS. Unfortunately, the super-cheap 5mm white LEDs didn't last long, and the homemade LED lamps would lose brightness pretty fast. He got tired of swapping out LEDS, commercial ones are now affordable and relatively reliable, so the homemade ones are sitting in the shop pile somewhere. I should see if I can get Dad some LED filaments to play with, he could make some fun 3D printed novelty lamps....

Big Clive. Have you considered doing any of these lighting projects using cordless tool batteries? Such as ryobi 20v or the ryobi 40v. I am using the 40v which are being solar charged during the day to power both indoor and outdoor lighting at night. Also Christmas lighting now. I have found a great mppt charge controller for charging these 40v batteries via programming.

What I think would look awesome is to twist the filament strip round to make a "helter-skelter" arrangement, then mount it into a glass done or tube.

For once I was ahead of you on design. Lol. I was thinking how I would do it and boom you had the same thing. My thought was to shape them into a cone, like a spot light with the negative side on the outside ring. The globe is also a good idea, maybe a small fish bowl from poundland.

Yeah, this is safe 🤣🤣🤣 Classic Clive 👌

All you need is an upside-down goldfish bowl glued to the top of a tall vase with a wide openning to make a large light bulb. LOL

Happy Thanksgiving love your videos

Very impressive, Clive. All you need now, is a fish bowl to put it all in.

@B-M.B

2 жыл бұрын

And the fish, don't forget the cute, little fish!

It's nice to see how small your power supply is. Useful for projects with limited space. Imagine if 12V 50W or 100W would be somehow that small.

It is good to see someone that can casually do this. As an electrician it makes me giggle. I di this all the time 🤣

I'd love to see the manufacturing process for these led filaments. Especially the phosphor layer. Nice one clive 👍🏻

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

It's changed. It started off as a perforated metal strip, then went to glass with bond wires between chips, but now it's based on flip chips with no bond wires.

@RFC-3514

2 жыл бұрын

The phosphor layer is done by Mrs. Liang with a piping bag.

Finally we can make super-dubai bulbs

As you know, LEDs are often dimmed using a PWM controller. It's easier (cheaper) to control block wave frequencies with electronics than controlling current directly. But then I wondered if it's possible to smooth this PWM flickering. Using a capacitor doesn't help, as it negates that PWM functionality (the cap will just charge to the maximum voltage, and provide any current the LEDs want or the system can offer). Apparently, this is possible using an inductor in series with the load. But I don't really understand the principle. Could you make a video about this? Or do you already have a video about it. Specifically: how do you select an inductor, does it depend on the voltage or the wanted current?

I thought that it would look good in an old dimple whisky bottle, as a side lamp. But then thought how do you rig it so it fills the inside space uniformly when the hole in the bottle neck is the diameter of a sixpence! Would it be akin to putting a ship in a bottle and would you have to create some rigging from monofilament fishing line? Your thoughts would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Paul

@xureality

2 жыл бұрын

The easiest way is probably to cut the bottle in half (with a glass saw), put everything inside, and then glue it back together with UV curing glue

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 жыл бұрын

Stuff them in a fish bowl

@shubinternet

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking cut the bottom off the bottle and glue it back on. But maybe cutting the bottle lengthwise would be a better option?

@amyshaw893

2 жыл бұрын

I imagine rolling up a long strip of them to shove through the neck, and delicately applying epoxy or similar with some chopsticks might work

it's not ugly, this is still better than most stuff people sell on etsy overall.

(thumbnail-pic) WOW, 1872 LEDs, take those to the Antiques Roadshow :P

As someone who works at factory, I did make a couple of janky jigs to test LED strips... and messing around with naked wires IS an industry standard... not just in china :D

I know very little about AC and was wondering what I can look up or what it is called using a capacitor & resistor on the AC input to drop the voltage before the bridge rectifier.

@bigclivedotcom

2 жыл бұрын

It's a circuit called a capacitive dropper. Only suited to low current and does not isolate from the mains supply.

A good result!

Haha can't wait to see it Clive... I have no doubt it'll be great but tedious as hell 😅

Thank you GB! DVD:)

Yes, yes very well done indeed. Very emotional!..

so cool, so very cool

I’m struggling to lay my hands on those filaments. It seems with a proper circuit you can archieve a decent efficiency and longevity of the leds.