• Re: Kill LED lamp flicker

    From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 07:44:33 2023
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:11:50 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:

    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    And consumer commodity bulbs don't have to be dirt cheap? These type lamps

    <https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen-globe-clear-10530117/>

    certainly are 'enough LEDs in series' and not much else; there's no ROOM for more parts than that.

    It's probably grade F efficiency:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qdbfcuiVA

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Sun Sep 10 15:57:31 2023
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote: >>>>
    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.

    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was
    bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the
    expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.

    --
    Martin Brown

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  • From Lasse Langwadt Christensen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 08:10:53 2023
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 16.44.38 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:11:50 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:

    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    And consumer commodity bulbs don't have to be dirt cheap? These type lamps

    <https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen-globe-clear-10530117/>

    certainly are 'enough LEDs in series' and not much else; there's no ROOM for more parts than that.
    It's probably grade F efficiency:

    it's grade C which in the pre 2020 rating would have been better than A++

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 10 08:18:28 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote: >>>>
    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.

    Looks like a lot of these crummy Edison filament types are for chandelier applications, a decorative purpose, not a utility purpose where people want to actually see. When it comes to decor, many times bulbs are wasted by putting them behind valences to
    illuminate by reflection off the wall, or decorative lamp shades where the main job is to illuminate and display the shade.


    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.

    --
    Martin Brown

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  • From Lasse Langwadt Christensen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 08:28:29 2023
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 17.21.07 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:10:59 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 16.44.38 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:11:50 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:

    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    And consumer commodity bulbs don't have to be dirt cheap? These type lamps

    <https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen-globe-clear-10530117/>

    certainly are 'enough LEDs in series' and not much else; there's no ROOM for more parts than that.
    It's probably grade F efficiency:
    it's grade C which in the pre 2020 rating would have been better than A++
    That's not the Edison filament bulb. I didn't find one that he did on the Solhetta.

    there is seval types of Solhetta bulbs

    the filament one is (new) grade C https://www.ikea.com/dk/da/p/solhetta-led-paere-e27-470-lumen-globe-klar-00498660/

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Lasse Langwadt Christensen on Sun Sep 10 08:21:01 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:10:59 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 16.44.38 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:11:50 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:

    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    And consumer commodity bulbs don't have to be dirt cheap? These type lamps

    <https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen-globe-clear-10530117/>

    certainly are 'enough LEDs in series' and not much else; there's no ROOM for more parts than that.
    It's probably grade F efficiency:
    it's grade C which in the pre 2020 rating would have been better than A++

    That's not the Edison filament bulb. I didn't find one that he did on the Solhetta.

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Sun Sep 10 16:28:44 2023
    On 10/09/2023 16:18, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>
    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.

    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as
    possible. When they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly
    and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.

    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was
    bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the
    expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.

    That was their undoing. I expect you can still buy them on fleaBay.

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    Martin Brown

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 10 08:37:52 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:28:53 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 10/09/2023 16:18, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs: >>>>> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.
    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as
    possible. When they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly
    and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.
    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was >> bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the
    expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.
    That was their undoing. I expect you can still buy them on fleaBay.

    I would expect that has a chance of working in UK if the LED has a soft enough IV, and considering the mains voltage there is an edge limited square wave.


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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Lasse Langwadt Christensen on Sun Sep 10 08:40:22 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:28:34 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 17.21.07 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:10:59 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 16.44.38 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:40:53 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:11:50 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:

    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    And consumer commodity bulbs don't have to be dirt cheap? These type lamps

    <https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e26-450-lumen-globe-clear-10530117/>

    certainly are 'enough LEDs in series' and not much else; there's no ROOM for more parts than that.
    It's probably grade F efficiency:
    it's grade C which in the pre 2020 rating would have been better than A++
    That's not the Edison filament bulb. I didn't find one that he did on the Solhetta.
    there is seval types of Solhetta bulbs

    the filament one is (new) grade C https://www.ikea.com/dk/da/p/solhetta-led-paere-e27-470-lumen-globe-klar-00498660/

    Just because you can't see it, it doesn't mean some kind of regulation isn't there. They have those micro-miniaturized monolithic linear current regulators requiring zero externals they could hide in the filament.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 10 08:49:17 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:28:53 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 10/09/2023 16:18, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs: >>>>> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.
    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as
    possible. When they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly
    and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.
    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was >> bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the
    expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.


    If you have a single LED I-V, then stacking them in series in effect creates a composite I-V that is the same with V-axis multiplied by the number in the stack. That could be quite a softening effect. For them to use 60 makes me think they were counting
    on that effect. It should work pretty well or not depending upon sensitivity of light output to differential I. If they were going for max lumens, they were probably working the LEDs too hard. Apparently significant derating of the operating power
    dissipation is key to longevity.


    That was their undoing. I expect you can still buy them on fleaBay.

    --
    Martin Brown

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  • From Lasse Langwadt Christensen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 09:18:37 2023
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 17.49.22 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:28:53 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 10/09/2023 16:18, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs: >>>>> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.
    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as
    possible. When they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly
    and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.
    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was
    bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the >> expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.
    If you have a single LED I-V, then stacking them in series in effect creates a composite I-V that is the same with V-axis multiplied by the number in the stack. That could be quite a softening effect. For them to use 60 makes me think they were
    counting on that effect. It should work pretty well or not depending upon sensitivity of light output to differential I. If they were going for max lumens, they were probably working the LEDs too hard. Apparently significant derating of the operating
    power dissipation is key to longevity.

    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of needing more leds for the same light output

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 10 11:08:42 2023
    On 9/10/2023 7:57 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    I suspect that's designed with cost as the sole factor.

    Most of my LED lights have just a few (e.g., less than 10)
    emitters. Hard to imagine a whopping dropping resistor
    to soak up ~100V of potential!

    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb failure that
    I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    I should take one of mine apart (they can be disassembled
    but likely would be a nightmare to REassemble -- and have
    working!)

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was bought
    they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.

    That's been the case with all of the newer lighting technologies.
    I have "commercial" (130V) incandescent flood lights in the
    living room which I can't recall replacing after their initial
    installation. They are much preferred to any of the other
    technologies because they can be dimmed to a level that
    can't be detected UNLESS your eyes have acclimated to total
    darkness (i.e., a house guest awakening in the middle of the
    night could navigate without having to figure out where
    the nearest light switch was located -- and risk blinding himself
    by the sudden onset of full light)

    The CFLs, OTOH, never dimmed and would fail in relatively short
    order -- regardless of their life expectancy claims! (I have
    a CFL uplight in the office that seems like it will fail RSN...
    yay! one less!!)

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  • From Lasse Langwadt Christensen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 12:06:30 2023
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 20.08.52 UTC+2 skrev Don Y:
    On 9/10/2023 7:57 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.
    I suspect that's designed with cost as the sole factor.

    Most of my LED lights have just a few (e.g., less than 10)
    emitters. Hard to imagine a whopping dropping resistor
    to soak up ~100V of potential!

    what looks like just an LED can have internally multiple LEDs in series
    some have a forward voltage of upto 18V, i.e. 6 LEDs in series

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Sun Sep 10 12:59:07 2023
    On 9/10/2023 8:28 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as possible. When
    they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the
    previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.

    Our LED lights are (RF) noisier than the CFLs were.
    Unlikely that a simple 60Hz rectifier would be throwing
    out enough hash to piss off the (HiFi) radio!

    We also have some (permanent) "night lights" that
    have a short string of diodes behind a ballast
    and a "controller chip" (allows the light to be
    set to 4 intensity levels). I can't recall what
    else was in there (tore it down some time ago
    to see about making it's lowest setting, lower)

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Lasse Langwadt Christensen on Sun Sep 10 15:26:12 2023
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 12:18:43 PM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    søndag den 10. september 2023 kl. 17.49.22 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:28:53 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 10/09/2023 16:18, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 10:57:40 AM UTC-4, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 09/09/2023 15:11, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 9:01:28 AM UTC-4, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:
    lørdag den 9. september 2023 kl. 14.46.48 UTC+2 skrev Fred Bloggs: >>>>> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

    Maybe you have cheap flourescent-replacement tubes.
    Uh-huh. LEDs don't flicker. They're all powered by regulated switching ***current*** sources operating in the 20kHz-30kHz range. LEDs are not directly powered by voltage, and the current sources are immune to voltage fluctuation.

    some are linear, enough LEDs in series to add up to most of the rectified line voltage

    I'm pretty sure they've never used that method for the commodity lighting bulb market. Maybe for signs and indicator bulb types of applications where it has to be dirt cheap.
    You are wrong. I have a dead one sat in a drawer somewhere nearby.
    60 LEDs in series across rectified UK 240v mains.

    No one is interested in an example of degenerate ad hoc engineering that was completely abandoned, and for good reason.
    They were made like that presumably to be as cheap and nasty as possible. When they worked they were fine and instant on with true rated brightness unlike the previous generation of CFLs which came on dimly and almost never reached the brightness that their packaging claimed.
    One single LED in the chain has failed. It was the first LED bulb
    failure that I ever saw so I dismantled it to see why.

    They are the cheapest and nastiest on the market, but at the time it was
    bought they sold for premium prices with exaggerated MTBF based on the
    expected failure time of a single LED. True MTBF is claimed/60.
    If you have a single LED I-V, then stacking them in series in effect creates a composite I-V that is the same with V-axis multiplied by the number in the stack. That could be quite a softening effect. For them to use 60 makes me think they were
    counting on that effect. It should work pretty well or not depending upon sensitivity of light output to differential I. If they were going for max lumens, they were probably working the LEDs too hard. Apparently significant derating of the operating
    power dissipation is key to longevity.
    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of needing more leds for the same light output

    It must work out in favor of longer operating life in consideration of total carbon footprint.

    One aspect of this flicker effect not mentioned is the phosphor and its decay time. Obviously phosphor with longer decay time will attenuate the perception of flicker. Blurb from the LRC at RPI. I wasn't expecting a tutorial, but he still could have done
    a better write-up than this:

    https://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/newsroom/pdf/2015/ACLEDFlicker_8511.pdf

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  • From none) (albert@21:1/5 to langwadt@fonz.dk on Mon Sep 11 11:13:34 2023
    In article <87d7569f-932b-4430-a34c-858307af260bn@googlegroups.com>,
    Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of
    needing more leds for the same light output

    No it is not, as long as efficiency means lumens/watt.
    Two times as many leds cost two times as much obviously, but
    the leds components are dirt cheap and vanish completely with
    the price of total energy consumption.





    Groetjes Albert
    --
    Don't praise the day before the evening. One swallow doesn't make spring.
    You must not say "hey" before you have crossed the bridge. Don't sell the
    hide of the bear until you shot it. Better one bird in the hand than ten in
    the air. First gain is a cat spinning. - the Wise from Antrim -

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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to albert on Mon Sep 11 11:45:01 2023
    On 11/09/2023 10:13, albert wrote:
    In article <87d7569f-932b-4430-a34c-858307af260bn@googlegroups.com>,
    Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of
    needing more leds for the same light output

    No it is not, as long as efficiency means lumens/watt.
    Two times as many leds cost two times as much obviously, but
    the leds components are dirt cheap and vanish completely with
    the price of total energy consumption.

    Unfortunately consumers look at the headline initial price to buy and
    ignore the running costs. That means that the cheapest and nastiest ones
    sell in the greatest quantities even if they are less reliable.

    --
    Martin Brown

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  • From Lasse Langwadt Christensen@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 11 04:14:40 2023
    mandag den 11. september 2023 kl. 12.45.11 UTC+2 skrev Martin Brown:
    On 11/09/2023 10:13, albert wrote:
    In article <87d7569f-932b-4430...@googlegroups.com>,
    Lasse Langwadt Christensen <lang...@fonz.dk> wrote:

    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of
    needing more leds for the same light output

    No it is not, as long as efficiency means lumens/watt.
    Two times as many leds cost two times as much obviously, but
    the leds components are dirt cheap and vanish completely with
    the price of total energy consumption.
    Unfortunately consumers look at the headline initial price to buy and
    ignore the running costs. That means that the cheapest and nastiest ones
    sell in the greatest quantities even if they are less reliable.


    Dubia had Philips design LED bulbs using 2-3x as many LEDs to increase efficiency and life and madated that the only allowed type of bulb
    aka. Dubai lamp

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  • From Don Y@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Mon Sep 11 04:48:11 2023
    On 9/11/2023 3:45 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 11/09/2023 10:13, albert wrote:
    In article <87d7569f-932b-4430-a34c-858307af260bn@googlegroups.com>,
    Lasse Langwadt Christensen  <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

    derating also significantly increases efficiency, at the cost of
    needing more leds for the same light output

    No it is not, as long as efficiency means lumens/watt.
    Two times as many leds cost two times as much obviously, but
    the leds components are dirt cheap and vanish completely with
    the price of total energy consumption.

    Unfortunately consumers look at the headline initial price to buy and ignore the running costs. That means that the cheapest and nastiest ones sell in the greatest quantities even if they are less reliable.

    Here, the electric utility subsidizes the purchase of "energy efficient" lighting (often completely covering the cost). So, you are left with
    THEIR notion of "what's best"...

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  • From Phil Hobbs@21:1/5 to upsidedown@downunder.com on Mon Sep 11 12:33:29 2023
    On 2023-09-09 05:42, upsidedown@downunder.com wrote:
    On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 08:10:41 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett VE3BTI
    <spamme@not.com> wrote:


    Note the 1N4007 diodes are replaced by a regular bridge rectifier with
    suitable ratings. It is easier to model using 1N4007s than trying to find a >> bridge rectifier in LTspice.

    The 1N4007 works more like a PIN diode, the other 1N400x diodes are
    normal diodes.

    IIRC it's 1N4005 and up that are PIN structures.

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    --
    Dr Philip C D Hobbs
    Principal Consultant
    ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
    Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
    Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

    http://electrooptical.net
    http://hobbs-eo.com

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  • From piglet@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 11 17:45:55 2023
    On 08/09/2023 8:10 pm, Mike Monett VE3BTI wrote:
    piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com> wrote:


    The model you used for 1N4007 has something very wrong - if I replace
    with one of the 600V types included with LTSpice then the crazy currents
    disappear and the circuit does more as you describe. Have you checked
    Pdiss in R4?

    piglet

    VII doesn't have the 1N4007, so I got the model from LTspice IV. It shows a PIV of 1,500 v. There are no 600 V versions in IV.

    I see no crazy currents in IV or VII. Can you tell me more about what you are seeing?

    I tried to plot the power in R4 but had no luck in IV or VII. I tried to calculate pwr(V(x), V(a)) but got 9.65e+307 with no units. So I have to guess. I'll try a 2W wirewound.




    Problem solved! During line wrap demangling I had corrupted the 1N4007
    model Ibv=10u to become bv=10u so the extraordinary diode currents in my
    sim were it breaking down at microvolts. Now it sims more like you saw.

    piglet

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical. on Mon Sep 11 11:08:47 2023
    On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:33:29 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

    On 2023-09-09 05:42, upsidedown@downunder.com wrote:
    On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 08:10:41 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett VE3BTI
    <spamme@not.com> wrote:


    Note the 1N4007 diodes are replaced by a regular bridge rectifier with
    suitable ratings. It is easier to model using 1N4007s than trying to find a >>> bridge rectifier in LTspice.

    The 1N4007 works more like a PIN diode, the other 1N400x diodes are
    normal diodes.

    IIRC it's 1N4005 and up that are PIN structures.

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    The higher voltage rectifiers often make great drift-step-recovery
    (Grehkov) diodes.

    2KV negative pulse:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/q82toc257fv43z8/DSRD_neg-2KV.JPG?raw=1

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  • From Phil Hobbs@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Mon Sep 11 14:14:38 2023
    On 2023-09-11 14:08, John Larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:33:29 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

    On 2023-09-09 05:42, upsidedown@downunder.com wrote:
    On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 08:10:41 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett VE3BTI
    <spamme@not.com> wrote:


    Note the 1N4007 diodes are replaced by a regular bridge rectifier with >>>> suitable ratings. It is easier to model using 1N4007s than trying to find a
    bridge rectifier in LTspice.

    The 1N4007 works more like a PIN diode, the other 1N400x diodes are
    normal diodes.

    IIRC it's 1N4005 and up that are PIN structures.

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    The higher voltage rectifiers often make great drift-step-recovery
    (Grehkov) diodes.

    2KV negative pulse:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/q82toc257fv43z8/DSRD_neg-2KV.JPG?raw=1


    I'm impressed that it survived enough pulses for a full trace. ;)

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    --
    Dr Philip C D Hobbs
    Principal Consultant
    ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
    Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
    Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

    http://electrooptical.net
    http://hobbs-eo.com

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical. on Mon Sep 11 14:17:17 2023
    On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:14:38 -0400, Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

    On 2023-09-11 14:08, John Larkin wrote:
    On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:33:29 -0400, Phil Hobbs
    <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

    On 2023-09-09 05:42, upsidedown@downunder.com wrote:
    On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 08:10:41 -0000 (UTC), Mike Monett VE3BTI
    <spamme@not.com> wrote:


    Note the 1N4007 diodes are replaced by a regular bridge rectifier with >>>>> suitable ratings. It is easier to model using 1N4007s than trying to find a
    bridge rectifier in LTspice.

    The 1N4007 works more like a PIN diode, the other 1N400x diodes are
    normal diodes.

    IIRC it's 1N4005 and up that are PIN structures.

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    The higher voltage rectifiers often make great drift-step-recovery
    (Grehkov) diodes.

    2KV negative pulse:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/q82toc257fv43z8/DSRD_neg-2KV.JPG?raw=1


    I'm impressed that it survived enough pulses for a full trace. ;)

    Cheers

    Phil Hobbs

    The rep-rate was low, with about 50 amps forward and reverse current
    into the DSRD.

    Hers's a water-cooled Pockels Cell driver.

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5arhyamrp0bl3tgb2fasn/DSC02771.JPG?rlkey=3ttcc2yt6s9nrtdouuv3aneol&raw=1

    The big problem was inductors. I kept frying them when I was making
    1200 volt pulses at 4 MHz. Skin effect and such.

    What worked was that air-core inductor, hand-wound on a selected
    Sharpie, with a gap-pad to conduct heat through the board to the
    water-cooled baseplate below.

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  • From Mike Monett VE3BTI@21:1/5 to piglet on Tue Sep 12 04:46:17 2023
    piglet <erichpwagner@hotmail.com> wrote:


    Problem solved! During line wrap demangling I had corrupted the 1N4007
    model Ibv=10u to become bv=10u so the extraordinary diode currents in my
    sim were it breaking down at microvolts. Now it sims more like you saw.

    piglet

    I once tried to bypass the line wrap by zipping the files and uploading to Google Drive. But I got so many complaints that people could not unzip them that I gave up.

    Now, after having good experience with bare unzipped files, I may try
    again.

    As a favor, try this and see how it works:

    https://tinyurl.com/r6r2m9kc

    It will say "No Preview Available", but give you the opportunity to
    download the file. Do so, and separate the files into ASC and PLT.

    Now, any wrap will happen in your text editor. Set the line width to the maximum and you should have no trouble.

    I'm going to experiment with uploading ASC and PLT files directly. If I can
    get Google Drive to stop using one of its editors and wrapping the lines,
    then it should work.

    --
    MRM

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  • From Mike Monett VE3BTI@21:1/5 to spamme@not.com on Tue Sep 12 05:25:42 2023
    Mike Monett VE3BTI <spamme@not.com> wrote:

    I'm going to experiment with uploading ASC and PLT files directly. If I
    can get Google Drive to stop using one of its editors and wrapping the
    lines, then it should work.

    It works!

    I gave it gibberish extentions that it doesn't know what to do with. Just
    move the last letter in the extension to the first place.

    ASC = CAS
    PLT = TPL

    Here's the files:

    https://tinyurl.com/mr32zynw
    - cas

    https://tinyurl.com/upr8yeap
    - tpl

    No unzipping, no editing, no line wrap, just rename and go.



    --
    MRM

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