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Offline redhat

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LED bulb teardowns
« on: December 09, 2016, 0109 UTC »
Always neat to see the inner workings of stuff.  There are some guys on the internet that do just this, buy it, then take it apart and see how it works.

Some vintage filament style bulbs
https://youtu.be/NffhdAz9pc4

A more conventional LED bulb
https://youtu.be/n6DDFRBrSas

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Re: LED bulb teardowns
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2016, 0044 UTC »
Those were interesting. Thanks for posting.
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Re: LED bulb teardowns
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2016, 1838 UTC »
Thanks for sharing the links, quite interesting!
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Re: LED bulb teardowns
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2016, 0003 UTC »
We should double dog dare these guys to snort the powder that comes out of CFL's.
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Re: LED bulb teardowns
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2016, 0030 UTC »
Quote from: Pigmeat on December 12, 2016, 0003 UTC
We should double dog dare these guys to snort the powder that comes out of CFL's.

We don't need more operators on 14313.
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Re: LED bulb teardowns
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2016, 2203 UTC »
The mercury causes them to drop to 75/80 meters. It's a heavy metal.

Speaking of which I heard someone blasting Bon Jovi in the AM window on 75 a few nights back. Hair metal, proof that mercury and high levels of RF cause brain damage
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