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#300608 21-Sep-2022 20:13
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One of our Orbit brand LED light bulbs continues glowing after being switched off. Just started doing this. Takes about two minutes to fully go out. None of the other bulbs do this.

 

Removing the bulb and shorting across the terminals has no effect.

 

Daughter reckons it is from the Planet of the Ood.

 


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  #2971340 21-Sep-2022 22:06
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Seems more like a feature than a problem to me lol

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  #2971344 21-Sep-2022 22:18
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Thanks @mdf, great explanation. I do have a LED that suffers of this effect - and it is even a good brand.




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  #2971356 21-Sep-2022 22:59
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Love the video demo on capacitive effects keeping an LED bulb glowing. 🤣

 

Needs discussion on how house lighting circuit wiring should be installed so that there is no 'hot' capacitive coupling to the off LED bulb.





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  #2971781 22-Sep-2022 16:18
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mdf:

 

 

I've always wondered, how is Mehdi still alive...

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  #2971789 22-Sep-2022 16:45
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neb:
mdf:

 

 

 

I've always wondered, how is Mehdi still alive...

 

I suspect the lower voltage in the USA might be a contributing factor.

 

Seriously don't try this at home with NZ 230v power. That said, you don't want to get shocked with AC power of more than about 50V....


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  #2971795 22-Sep-2022 17:13
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neb:
mdf:

 

 

 

I've always wondered, how is Mehdi still alive...

 

you can see why utubers die.

 

only did a quick look at some it seamed inaccurate.




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  #2971812 22-Sep-2022 18:01
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Scott3:

 

Seriously don't try this at home with NZ 230v power. That said, you don't want to get shocked with AC power of more than about 50V....

 

 

I've been zapped by 230v plenty of times.. never fun..





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  #2971819 22-Sep-2022 18:28
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neb:
mdf:

 

 

 

I've always wondered, how is Mehdi still alive...

 

Guys, you don't think he really has the E27 lamp socket on the AC mains? He's actually using lower DC or AC voltage that flashes and pops - especially with these alligator clips. Even if what he says is correct, I'm just surprised that he doesn't seem to have an explicit disclaimer about imitators.





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  #2971837 22-Sep-2022 19:48
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neb: I've always wondered, how is Mehdi still alive...

 

He's not admitted it, but Reddit consensus seems to be the majority of the accidents are staged. People with - I would suggest - too much time on their hands seem to enjoy grabbing stills and pointing out props used for one reason or another in the background. I think there was one where something caught on fire, but someone eagle eyed spotted a cigarette lighter? The way he talks, the Jacobs Ladder incident was a genuine near death one though. 


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The eloquent guy with youtube earnings through 5.23 million subscribers is carpet salesman enough to keep him from bowing out early with the Darwin Award.





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  #3151207 23-Oct-2023 09:19
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Our Orbit LED bulb from the Planet of the Ood after glowing dimly for a couple of minutes every time it was switched off finally gave up the ghost and died last night.

 

 

 

 


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  #3151486 23-Oct-2023 13:57
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k1w1k1d:

 

Our Orbit LED bulb from the Planet of the Ood after glowing dimly for a couple of minutes every time it was switched off finally gave up the ghost and died last night.

 

 

The component tolerance of the C was probably too large and the circuit design was too much geared towards maximising profits (saving the R). Sometimes the scaling of the country-specific mains voltage (with its relevant tolerance) also goes wrong. 😉

 

 





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