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18th Nov 2017, 3:18 pm

I went to replace the bathroom lights (GU10) as the LEDs where failing, got three from Poundland (funnily enough a pound each). Blimey they are bright and no noted interference, they use a capacitor dropper. And yes I did take one apart to check if they where compatible with my "dim at night so you don't pee on your feet" dropper which is (was) a 100nF capacitor. They are so good I have had to reduce the 100n to 10n.

They have six LEDs, a dropper cap., bridge rectifier, smoothing cap., surge resistor, aluminium cored PCB for the LEDs and a double shot aluminium/plastic case, all for a pound!!!

And it is a diffuse light.

18th Nov 2017, 3:18 pm	#10
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Workshop: LED replacements for flourescent tubes. I went to replace the bathroom lights (GU10) as the LEDs where failing, got three from Poundland (funnily enough a pound each). Blimey they are bright and no noted interference, they use a capacitor dropper. And yes I did take one apart to check if they where compatible with my "dim at night so you don't pee on your feet" dropper which is (was) a 100nF capacitor. They are so good I have had to reduce the 100n to 10n. They have six LEDs, a dropper cap., bridge rectifier, smoothing cap., surge resistor, aluminium cored PCB for the LEDs and a double shot aluminium/plastic case, all for a pound!!! And it is a diffuse light.