Actually this is my pointless project of the week from about 3 weeks ago.
Just thought I would show it off a little.
Its 45 super bright green 3mm LED's wired in a series and ran off a capacitive reactance current limiting power supply right from the 120 VAC line.
It does not serve any real purpose other than to be a rather unique and bright night light/conversation piece! The actual power consumption is around 3.5 watts and hopefully the life expectancy is near the estimated 100K hours that the LED's are rated for.
I just built it on an old piece of prototyping circuit board that I trimmed to fit in an old Compact fluorescent bulb base.
So you got any pointless projects you would like to show off?
Just thought I would show it off a little.
Its 45 super bright green 3mm LED's wired in a series and ran off a capacitive reactance current limiting power supply right from the 120 VAC line.
It does not serve any real purpose other than to be a rather unique and bright night light/conversation piece! The actual power consumption is around 3.5 watts and hopefully the life expectancy is near the estimated 100K hours that the LED's are rated for.
I just built it on an old piece of prototyping circuit board that I trimmed to fit in an old Compact fluorescent bulb base.
So you got any pointless projects you would like to show off?