Hey off topic a bit however and yes I know the X-ray machine came out this time love it been awhile since I've seen a video that the X-ray machine came out. However one time somebody actually that worked in the medical tech industry got me a little something special is that either to destroy for parts or just to keep in one piece show how something works or something you don't see everyday Electronics wise and yes x-ray machine is a hint a dead x-ray tube that's one thing that somewhere I do still have in storage it's not every day that somebody is saving a defective x-ray tube for someone that was sort of really cool it was boxed up like a big gift he thought I'd really enjoy something like that and boy was he right. And also I had gotten a couple of broken lamps with the big tungsten electrodes I'm not sure which lamps they were from however it was suggested that I used these for either something requiring high temperature or even just something needing a sharp edge kept doing it and yes they did eventually get used and yes I knew had someone that had a Machinery that was equipped with diamond cutters at that time did not have the ability to use a diamond cutting wheel on a drummer however still have some of those custom tools made from tungsten electrodes and no not thoriated tungsten either I know someone would have said something about this otherwise. I've got some pretty cool stuff over the years mostly for Salvage. Still have some switches and stuff laying around from Avionics. Somewhere I do actually have a couple Apollo era switches I think I have a box of stuff like this somewhere it was given as a gift it was actually new in box stuff I did inventory to see what was there but it's been so long since I've taken a look the idea is sometime when I do a really special project that becomes part of it and yes switches in indicators in illuminated switches as well and a few other gizmos and gadgets in there from the time period I don't know where the person worked where I got them from but he was something in the tech field and he said these were not Surplus but was from something that was being designed by him that was canceled before anything was went to producing the first round of the so basically New Old Stock essentially but still never used so wedding to use this stuff in something very special
@@kristinnkristinsson1369 Really? I actually liked that one most, and neither blue OR purple are my choice in colors! _(red, forest green, black, gun metal grey all are)_ What don't people like about it?
When I was a teenager 40 years ago all the road lamps in my area were light green swan neck Revo Lodestars with a single 100w bulb in the unshielded reflector. One Christmas me and a friend decided this looked boring so we nicked about 20 different coloured bulbs from a big Christmas Fur tree and put them all in the lamps in the area. It was darker but the lighting effect from a nearby hill was really nice. The locals thought the council had done it and rang them up and complained when they were removed.
Whoever put resistors and half of a bridge rectifier on both sides is genius. No need for that external resistor. Just missing an MLCC capaictor bc I hate the AC flickering.
alec wants the dull baby blue. i'm more of a crisp led colur guy. but in the end i also prefer warm white, low power, non flicker christmas lights. tungsten is best but a proper filament led is ok-ish.
Those are a thing of beauty! They've done it... I mean they really should be smoothed out imo, because it hurts my brain when I drive by led Christmas lights at night, that aren't. But the colors are absolutely stunning! These are what we've been waiting for, I hope they catch on enough to stick around, and end up on U.S. shelves, even U.L. listed! I know they'd sell by the millions here! Genius!
I do find it unfortunate how many evolutions of LED lighting involves unsmoothed rectified mains voltage. I'm very sensitive to flicker from unsmoothed or even just badly smoothed LEDs
I have same issue with florescent. They flicker to me and hurts my eyes. Older LEDs when new and expensive seems to been made much better then stuff we get today.
@aj.j5833 First we needed to figure out how to make led lighting, then after that it was a race to the bottom Just like any tech really Figure out how to make it, then figure out now to make it cheaper
I really miss the old Christmas Lights with lots of different colours and the petal bases around the long tubes. It's definitely less Christmassy with these super intense 4 colour LED strings now. =(
you know i looked away for a moment when you were talking about the x-ray machine, and i burst out into laughter when i look back to see the hammer. thats delightful
Lovely reverse-engineering notes! Nothing beats a good lab journal. The module is elegantly designed, with half-bridges on the ends. I love this symmetry.
That's a rather nice X-Ray Hammer mate! This sort of integration is probably being driven by final assembly manufacturers - the added per-unit cost is offset by the cost to them of semi-skilled assembly work, and probably even paid operators entirely - those modules can be easily (and quickly) installed by machine.
Flickering led's always leave like tracers if I move my eyes quickly, I've noticed them a lot as brake lights on cars. Those look great and I didn't see any flicker with the whole string till you moved the red one. The 5v ones could be handy for USB or battery projects.
I guess they could be used straight into smoothened high-voltage DC systems too. But may overheat 2 diodes overtime before the LED's themselves fail ? I see those flickers too and get me bad headaches.
There's a really distracting LED matrix sign by the M27E/M3N link road at the moment which produces the standard orange colour by alternating red and green so not only do you see multiple copies of the message as your eyes flick around to maintain all-round situational awareness, you see them in red and green which is far more attention-grabbing than just one colour.
@@AgentPothead You can't see the flickering when the camera exposure is longer, ie the studio lights are off. You will definitely see the flickering in person.
Really nice and interesting lights. I think Alec from Technology Connections might like them as well since he has been on a hunt for "the perfect Christmas light" for years ^^;
Nice in that there's far less to fail on these, but oof, that flicker. I'm particularly prone to seeing flicker - the first few generations of DSP projectors gave me migraines to watch due to the refresh rate - so hopefully smoothed ones aren't going away. I guess a custom base that does rectification and smoothing and presents these with smoothed DC could work, assuming the extra diode drop doesn't dim them too much...
Equally as important as the construction of the 'filament' is whether these bulbs can be used outdoors or in humid environments. Traditional filament bulbs were, by design, hermetically sealed. LED bulbs almost never are. I cured LED bulbs going out in my bathroom by filling all material joins with a thin waterproof glue. It would be worthwhile people knowing whether that would benefit these (and put pressure on manufacturers to make their bulbs weather-proof).
Almost all my LED's are bare filaments. I just selected them. Christmas LED's have been huge strings of low voltage colors set in plastic. This is a nice change.
They have had filament R7s bulbs with no additional circuitry for a while. They have blue LED versions with 4 tiny resisters in them. Well worth an X-ray.
I always love it when the "AvEx-Ray Machine" makes a cameo appearance! It's nice of them to relocate the resistors to the filament itself. I wonder if that's better for heat dissipation, and if the globes are filled with an inert gas or just air?
I like the simplicity, although as you say, while good for a decorative lamp, you wouldn't want it scaled up for task lighting without something also on-board to flatten out that flicker. I recall a job a good few years ago where early Screwfix-special LED lamps were used as downlights and you could see the 50Hz just by waving your hand under them. It was a headache waiting to happen and aggravated my hangover something rotten. Nonetheless, this does feel like a natural evolution for the LED filament-effect lamp.
I prefer coloured glass on these types of lamps but yeah, these look cool! Be interesting to see if we start getting low voltage garden solar light versions in the likes of B&M.
Ugh, that flicker would make me want to smash them to pieces after a few minutes. I find it so distracting. Also the phosphor red and phosphor green LEDs are usually nowhere near as nice in color as true red and green chip LEDs.
Came across some very bright 120v 0.6w 5000 Kelvin "night-light" replacement bulbs a few months ago, that were made the same way. Like you I thought there was a resistor in the base, (as I intended to use one as a fix for a battery powered micro-led filiment on something else), but it couldn't give it enough to overcome the resistors/chips in series. So I dissected it under my bench light w/ magnifying glass to find some extremely tiny circuitry; though the colors on yours are much nicer.
Whenever you break anything, I'd ask if you could please wait a second or so to inhale or do any other noise, simply because funny as it may be, your vids are a great source for sound effects!
The flicker, idk man, i would notice within minutes and go buy new bulbs whenever i want to take a walk to the store, which would be rather soon. I know because this actually happened.
The PINK is essential - the problem with modern led Xmas lights is they just have the 4 colours and forget that original Christmas lights always had a pink .
Judging by your spelling of "colour," this probably won't help you much, but I'll leave this here for US viewers: Tru-Tone is a US-based company that sells LED filament bulbs in C5 and C7 varieties, in glass envelopes, and they are almost indistinguishable from their vintage incandescent counterparts. They do offer pink bulbs in their product lineup, and they sell bulbs, empty strings, or strings with the bulbs depending on your needs. The strings are well-built, with cloth-wrapped wire and bakelite-looking plugs/sockets for that genuine vintage aesthetic. (UL Listed, of course.) Even their website and packaging has that retro look, which I find rather charming. I suppose you could order a set and use a step-down transformer for use in other countries with higher line voltage, so that's an option, but honestly I don't know if they ship overseas or not. I have a set, and they're really nice. You can practically feel the quality as you handle them. Sure, they cost a bit more than your cheap-tat-from-China, but it's worth the extra money because they are well-built. They're not a sponsor of my channel, I'm not getting any financial compensation, this is my honest opinion of their products.
@@marcforrester7738 agreed - blue LED needs some refinement - the retina burning neon blue is too intense - I think it would be better to have a white bulb with a blue painted shade maybe 🤔
Why am I watching this? Because in the 70's LED's were new and expensive. I kept losing every argument predicting their eventual widespread use. Colored lights are so popular in Asia that this race to the bottom in cost is herby pretty much exhausted.
I have the replacement led. Its the ribbon form dot style used as filament, cut it at various length loops push into the screw in base two pressure clips. With variable power level and remote. With a roll of LED tape its endlessly replaceable.
I like the idea of colour filaments. I have some bulbs with colour filamets inside clear bulbs from Paulmann. They look very nice. I guess these use a capacitive dropper. I also hase some other bulbs that use white filamets inside colour painted glass and I don't like that. It's kinda lazy.
The TruTone LED bulbs appear to be constructed similarly (but not identically). No circuitry in the base, and at least some of the filaments are flexible. The circuitry appears to be slightly different, but I hadn't gotten a good look (got a sample from a friend who accidentally x-rayed theirs).
I've wanted to get some of those TruTone blubs ever since I saw them on Technology Connections a couple years ago but I don't really want to spend 100 bucks on bulbs and probably another 50 on the strings of bulb holders. Plus I really like the looks of the Philips C9 LED lights I've used for many years now.
These are nice. They flicker but the circuit board looks clean. And about the LEDs it is interesting that back in the days when LED technology was new, it was hard to make blue ones. Now they use blue LEDs pretty much in every LED light but they just cover it with phosphor to change the color if I understand it correctly.
1:02 I really like what they look like in the dark because once you see them in complete darkness you’re like a little colored glow sticks inside of the Bob
When you opened your xray machine, coffee came out of my nose.
Thanks for that btw.
Thanks for the warning, coffee secured
That X-Ray machine has a lovely sound to it!
AvE sure knows how to make x-ray machines
A solid-state destructive X-ray device. Love it...
It can also be recalibrated for percussive maintenance 😮😅
Hey off topic a bit however and yes I know the X-ray machine came out this time love it been awhile since I've seen a video that the X-ray machine came out.
However one time somebody actually that worked in the medical tech industry got me a little something special is that either to destroy for parts or just to keep in one piece show how something works or something you don't see everyday Electronics wise and yes x-ray machine is a hint a dead x-ray tube that's one thing that somewhere I do still have in storage it's not every day that somebody is saving a defective x-ray tube for someone that was sort of really cool it was boxed up like a big gift he thought I'd really enjoy something like that and boy was he right.
And also I had gotten a couple of broken lamps with the big tungsten electrodes I'm not sure which lamps they were from however it was suggested that I used these for either something requiring high temperature or even just something needing a sharp edge kept doing it and yes they did eventually get used and yes I knew had someone that had a Machinery that was equipped with diamond cutters at that time did not have the ability to use a diamond cutting wheel on a drummer however still have some of those custom tools made from tungsten electrodes and no not thoriated tungsten either I know someone would have said something about this otherwise.
I've got some pretty cool stuff over the years mostly for Salvage.
Still have some switches and stuff laying around from Avionics.
Somewhere I do actually have a couple Apollo era switches I think I have a box of stuff like this somewhere it was given as a gift it was actually new in box stuff I did inventory to see what was there but it's been so long since I've taken a look the idea is sometime when I do a really special project that becomes part of it and yes switches in indicators in illuminated switches as well and a few other gizmos and gadgets in there from the time period I don't know where the person worked where I got them from but he was something in the tech field and he said these were not Surplus but was from something that was being designed by him that was canceled before anything was went to producing the first round of the so basically New Old Stock essentially but still never used so wedding to use this stuff in something very special
@@androiduberalles Great Canadian engineering.
The shot at the end with them all lit up really sells them!
That LED blue is still horrendous.
They could theoretically soften it with a very slight dusting of phosphor.
@@kristinnkristinsson1369 It only took 30 Years to perfect! 💡
They *_really are_* vibrant!! All thanks to not having any thick coating on the glass to color it away from the inner tungsten's amber glow!
@@kristinnkristinsson1369 Really? I actually liked that one most, and neither blue OR purple are my choice in colors! _(red, forest green, black, gun metal grey all are)_
What don't people like about it?
When I was a teenager 40 years ago all the road lamps in my area were light green swan neck Revo Lodestars with a single 100w bulb in the unshielded reflector. One Christmas me and a friend decided this looked boring so we nicked about 20 different coloured bulbs from a big Christmas Fur tree and put them all in the lamps in the area. It was darker but the lighting effect from a nearby hill was really nice. The locals thought the council had done it and rang them up and complained when they were removed.
Whoever put resistors and half of a bridge rectifier on both sides is genius. No need for that external resistor. Just missing an MLCC capaictor bc I hate the AC flickering.
It was my first time seeing such an x-ray machine, and i gotta say, what a wonderful piece of modern technology, it really made me laugh out loud
I just don’t want my body parts X-rayed in that manner ;)
The Hammer of Ultimate Knowledge!
I saw that and thought of AvE's hammer, and he actually thanked AvE! Awesome, they know each other!
Sure i could hear someone saying 'Get tae fook' in the background of the hammering
The Hammer Of Ultimate Knowledge, shatters ignorance!
Just a quantum-0- peace
A professional always selects the correct professional tool, he never blames his tools as an excuse for poor workmanship.
I love the BFH x-ray device. Glad to see you have a protective case for this sensitive instrument!
Oh, I'm am so here for this. This is always my favourite Big Clive content.
somebody needs to get these to Technology Connections like right now.
He would not approve of the blue....
Why? Clive has told you everything you need to know without any of the aggressive bitch-douchery.
@@martinwhitaker5096 He may just give it a pass because it's blue indicator lights he loathes so much. And I'm with him on that!
alec wants the dull baby blue.
i'm more of a crisp led colur guy.
but in the end i also prefer warm white, low power, non flicker christmas lights. tungsten is best but a proper filament led is ok-ish.
Yeah I have to say I also think the blue looks a little bit too intense @@martinwhitaker5096
Those are a thing of beauty! They've done it... I mean they really should be smoothed out imo, because it hurts my brain when I drive by led Christmas lights at night, that aren't. But the colors are absolutely stunning! These are what we've been waiting for, I hope they catch on enough to stick around, and end up on U.S. shelves, even U.L. listed! I know they'd sell by the millions here!
Genius!
I do find it unfortunate how many evolutions of LED lighting involves unsmoothed rectified mains voltage. I'm very sensitive to flicker from unsmoothed or even just badly smoothed LEDs
I have same issue with florescent. They flicker to me and hurts my eyes. Older LEDs when new and expensive seems to been made much better then stuff we get today.
@aj.j5833 First we needed to figure out how to make led lighting, then after that it was a race to the bottom
Just like any tech really
Figure out how to make it, then figure out now to make it cheaper
2:09 All Hail the X-Ray Deluxe!
That has to be the most sophisticated x-ray machine ever. Quite majestic actually.
The X-Ray returns!! Amazing reverse engineering work.
I had my head X-rayed once. I'm...glad they didn't use one of those on it.
I can die happy now. 😂
I hope this becomes the norm with this type of LED lamp. Such a simple design. Will probably run forever, as long as the diodes don't short.
This is a very impressive advancement in LED technology...I will try to find these on eBay in the 12vdc range :)
That could be very useful for people in camper vans or on boats
Do you have any suggested search terms? I’d like to try these if they support 12VAC for landscape lights.
The symmetry of the layout is deeply satisfying.
Wonderful... As always. Thank you, Clyde!
AvE made many of these hammers for other youtubers too
Nice to see one of them in action
It's always nice to see the promotion of accessible high-tech devices.
Don‘t ask me why, but for some reason The Mallet Of Understanding has settled firmly in my mind as a name for the machine.
That x ray machine is absolutely awesome nice touch 😂
They do look genuinely nice.
I really miss the old Christmas Lights with lots of different colours and the petal bases around the long tubes.
It's definitely less Christmassy with these super intense 4 colour LED strings now. =(
Them petals where worse than standing on lego or UK plugs
you know i looked away for a moment when you were talking about the x-ray machine, and i burst out into laughter when i look back to see the hammer. thats delightful
I try to limit watching x-ray videos to once per week, I don't want to accumulate all that radiation through my monitor
That's a very rare double ended X-ray machine that you have there Clive!
Ah!!! Love these, Clive! Bring back the old days when the blue Christmas lights were only 0.11 of the R+G+B = Y equation!!
Lovely reverse-engineering notes! Nothing beats a good lab journal. The module is elegantly designed, with half-bridges on the ends. I love this symmetry.
Got to say the magic incantation "Tappy tap tap!" 🧙♂
That's a rather nice X-Ray Hammer mate! This sort of integration is probably being driven by final assembly manufacturers - the added per-unit cost is offset by the cost to them of semi-skilled assembly work, and probably even paid operators entirely - those modules can be easily (and quickly) installed by machine.
Flickering led's always leave like tracers if I move my eyes quickly, I've noticed them a lot as brake lights on cars. Those look great and I didn't see any flicker with the whole string till you moved the red one. The 5v ones could be handy for USB or battery projects.
I guess they could be used straight into smoothened high-voltage DC systems too. But may overheat 2 diodes overtime before the LED's themselves fail ?
I see those flickers too and get me bad headaches.
There's a really distracting LED matrix sign by the M27E/M3N link road at the moment which produces the standard orange colour by alternating red and green so not only do you see multiple copies of the message as your eyes flick around to maintain all-round situational awareness, you see them in red and green which is far more attention-grabbing than just one colour.
@@molletts That sounds horrific. I mean it sounds like it would definitely get my attention, but not in a good way.
@@AgentPothead You can't see the flickering when the camera exposure is longer, ie the studio lights are off. You will definitely see the flickering in person.
I still want Christmas bulbs with high quality non flickering warm white filaments and colored glass.
Reading the comments it seems the x-ray machine was very amusing. Loved the bulb principle though.
Great share. 😃
@Abe Really nice work on the X-ray machine!
Really nice and interesting lights. I think Alec from Technology Connections might like them as well since he has been on a hunt for "the perfect Christmas light" for years ^^;
Nice in that there's far less to fail on these, but oof, that flicker. I'm particularly prone to seeing flicker - the first few generations of DSP projectors gave me migraines to watch due to the refresh rate - so hopefully smoothed ones aren't going away. I guess a custom base that does rectification and smoothing and presents these with smoothed DC could work, assuming the extra diode drop doesn't dim them too much...
Thank you for another _illuminating_ video.
Yes, it was very _enlightening._
Best looking x-ray machine on the planet
I'm such a big kid, the x Ray machine gave me snorty giggles, now I'm banished to the workshop🎉
"X-RAY DELUXE", I love it. Everyone should have one.
The smoothest skit of all time
The X Ray machine is brilliant xx
Equally as important as the construction of the 'filament' is whether these bulbs can be used outdoors or in humid environments.
Traditional filament bulbs were, by design, hermetically sealed.
LED bulbs almost never are.
I cured LED bulbs going out in my bathroom by filling all material joins with a thin waterproof glue. It would be worthwhile people knowing whether that would benefit these (and put pressure on manufacturers to make their bulbs weather-proof).
These ones are sealed glass and made using the same equipment as traditional bulbs.
I'm going to incorporate that X-Ray device into my Turbo-Encabulator!
Oh hell yes. Right on time before Christmas. Well studied by a fantastic xray machine. Thanks for the tip. And the fantastic content.
The X-ray is the Hi-Tech version of what my dad ( a shipwright ) called a "Dockyard Screwdriver"
They look fab Clive thank you 😊
Almost all my LED's are bare filaments. I just selected them. Christmas LED's have been huge strings of low voltage colors set in plastic. This is a nice change.
The BigClive X-Ray looks awfully similar to my Hammer of Persuasion... Hopefully no patent violations for my attorney to deal with?
I can hear my old college lecturer now " bulbs grow, lamps glow " 😂
I got that too, but if I say lamp I always get lots of angry comments from Americans.
Love the classic Edison style bulb -at th beginning
Love your X-Ray machine! 😂🤣
They have had filament R7s bulbs with no additional circuitry for a while.
They have blue LED versions with 4 tiny resisters in them.
Well worth an X-ray.
bonkers colours! rad! Thanks, Clive
Beautiful video 😊
I always love it when the "AvEx-Ray Machine" makes a cameo appearance!
It's nice of them to relocate the resistors to the filament itself. I wonder if that's better for heat dissipation, and if the globes are filled with an inert gas or just air?
At last a mains voltage LED bulb that should work fine under the rain
A Full Bridge Rectifier in every bulb. Electroboom will be ecstatic.
*in every filament. They were already there in every bulb.
Thank you, keep working.
I like the simplicity, although as you say, while good for a decorative lamp, you wouldn't want it scaled up for task lighting without something also on-board to flatten out that flicker. I recall a job a good few years ago where early Screwfix-special LED lamps were used as downlights and you could see the 50Hz just by waving your hand under them. It was a headache waiting to happen and aggravated my hangover something rotten. Nonetheless, this does feel like a natural evolution for the LED filament-effect lamp.
You had me with the X-Ray machine! 😆
As an X-ray tech, I approve lol. That made me laugh more than it should have haha.
It is impressive--90 LEDs in series in that tiny filament.
The BC does love his vibrant pink.
Have Technology Connections been noticed already? :)
I prefer coloured glass on these types of lamps but yeah, these look cool! Be interesting to see if we start getting low voltage garden solar light versions in the likes of B&M.
This is a halloween edition ... "goodbye little lamp" ... BAM!
Ugh, that flicker would make me want to smash them to pieces after a few minutes. I find it so distracting.
Also the phosphor red and phosphor green LEDs are usually nowhere near as nice in color as true red and green chip LEDs.
The X-ray machine?! BWA HAHAHA love you Clive.
AvE makes some quality precision equipment.
Lovin' yer X-Ray machine.
The x-ray machine killed me. =D
Soon as clive said the xray machine knew it'll something like a big hammer 😂😂😂
Genuine AvE X-ray machine. Complete with tappy tap tap usage.
Came across some very bright 120v 0.6w 5000 Kelvin "night-light" replacement bulbs a few months ago, that were made the same way. Like you I thought there was a resistor in the base, (as I intended to use one as a fix for a battery powered micro-led filiment on something else), but it couldn't give it enough to overcome the resistors/chips in series. So I dissected it under my bench light w/ magnifying glass to find some extremely tiny circuitry; though the colors on yours are much nicer.
Hmmm. That X-Ray machine explains why I came out of hospital with more broken bones than I went in with.
Whenever you break anything, I'd ask if you could please wait a second or so to inhale or do any other noise, simply because funny as it may be, your vids are a great source for sound effects!
1:42
New Bigclive viewers: Oh cool, he has an x-ray machine!!
Veteran Bigclive viewers: Hammer time.
These look great
Totally love that xray mallet......I mean machine.
I'll be concerned if the doctor brings that out during my next checkup.
It's a mean machine alright
@@integerofdoom69 Dr: you have a bad knee?
Me: no sir
SMACK!
Dr: you do now.
I forgot about the hammer. I got all excited to see Clive genuinely X-ray something. I laughed when it was just the hammer lol.
The flicker, idk man, i would notice within minutes and go buy new bulbs whenever i want to take a walk to the store, which would be rather soon. I know because this actually happened.
The PINK is essential - the problem with modern led Xmas lights is they just have the 4 colours and forget that original Christmas lights always had a pink .
Blue though, why do they always add blue that is not a Christmas colour. It's the colour of being blinded on your nighttime commute.
Judging by your spelling of "colour," this probably won't help you much, but I'll leave this here for US viewers:
Tru-Tone is a US-based company that sells LED filament bulbs in C5 and C7 varieties, in glass envelopes, and they are almost indistinguishable from their vintage incandescent counterparts. They do offer pink bulbs in their product lineup, and they sell bulbs, empty strings, or strings with the bulbs depending on your needs. The strings are well-built, with cloth-wrapped wire and bakelite-looking plugs/sockets for that genuine vintage aesthetic. (UL Listed, of course.) Even their website and packaging has that retro look, which I find rather charming.
I suppose you could order a set and use a step-down transformer for use in other countries with higher line voltage, so that's an option, but honestly I don't know if they ship overseas or not.
I have a set, and they're really nice. You can practically feel the quality as you handle them. Sure, they cost a bit more than your cheap-tat-from-China, but it's worth the extra money because they are well-built. They're not a sponsor of my channel, I'm not getting any financial compensation, this is my honest opinion of their products.
@ hey I spelled COLOUR the right way 😁 let’s not get into the solder / sodder…. mirror / Meer thing
@@marcforrester7738 agreed - blue LED needs some refinement - the retina burning neon blue is too intense - I think it would be better to have a white bulb with a blue painted shade maybe 🤔
They did! I have an old set of Pifco filament Christmas lights which has purple, pink, orange, yellow , red blue & green!
My Grandparents had colored bubble lights on their Christmas tree, that was in the 1960's.
that was enlightening...best x-ray ever...
Why am I watching this? Because in the 70's LED's were new and expensive. I kept losing every argument predicting their eventual widespread use. Colored lights are so popular in Asia that this race to the bottom in cost is herby pretty much exhausted.
A lot of Chinese and Japanese festivals are ones where you can see a LOT of colored light in one form or another.
@@stgigamovement All the non color blind people somehow enjoy such lights.
I have the replacement led. Its the ribbon form dot style used as filament, cut it at various length loops push into the screw in base two pressure clips. With variable power level and remote. With a roll of LED tape its endlessly replaceable.
Would be a clean design if they added some smoothing caps.
Too little space, but those of us with "skills" can make an external current limited power supply for that.
I like the idea of colour filaments. I have some bulbs with colour filamets inside clear bulbs from Paulmann. They look very nice. I guess these use a capacitive dropper.
I also hase some other bulbs that use white filamets inside colour painted glass and I don't like that. It's kinda lazy.
Bulbs grow lamps glow!
The TruTone LED bulbs appear to be constructed similarly (but not identically). No circuitry in the base, and at least some of the filaments are flexible. The circuitry appears to be slightly different, but I hadn't gotten a good look (got a sample from a friend who accidentally x-rayed theirs).
I've got some of these round globes on their way that have a curved filament.
I've wanted to get some of those TruTone blubs ever since I saw them on Technology Connections a couple years ago but I don't really want to spend 100 bucks on bulbs and probably another 50 on the strings of bulb holders. Plus I really like the looks of the Philips C9 LED lights I've used for many years now.
These are nice. They flicker but the circuit board looks clean.
And about the LEDs it is interesting that back in the days when LED technology was new, it was hard to make blue ones. Now they use blue LEDs pretty much in every LED light but they just cover it with phosphor to change the color if I understand it correctly.
There's blue, and there's blue-near-UV. Not the same thing.
Yes. It simplifies manufacturing, and for the long strings of small lights it means all the colours have the same forward voltage for parallel use.
Now they just need to last longer than 83 hours and then I'll be convinced 😊 pretty otherwise
If that's The Next Generation you probably want to wait till the second series before they get really good.
1:02 I really like what they look like in the dark because once you see them in complete darkness you’re like a little colored glow sticks inside of the Bob
Full bridge rectifier?
Tappy tap tap?
This is a universal you tube menagerie
Legend has it the xray deluxe can crack stormbreaker like a tin can
they look nice
Everyone should have an X-Ray machine. 😃