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A project log for Remote controlled GU-24 bulb

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lion-mclionheadlion mclionhead 09/07/2022 at 20:350 Comments

Remote control got a rearrangement to try to make it flat.  It still had a slight bulge.  It probably needs a 3rd row of screws.

A key requirement with these remotes is the hot glue bead to keep them from trapping water on the table.  Then came the attachment to the GU24 adapter.  

The solution was to get 2 adapters & use the 2 cathodes as solder points in a single adapter.  The anodes were not solderable & were too close to the bare wires.  

Then, these require wedging a small wire under some nuts.  That took some doing.

Then somehow feeding the small wire down some tiny holes.  It took some doing.  Back in Shenzen, long runs of wire would have been fed through the holes before being farstened to the nuts.

Then came a final test.  There were several hours of testing on the bench in the off & on positions.  The off setting shows absolutely 0W on the power meter.

Despite every effort, the GU-24 socket is not polarized.  The lion kingdom decided not to stress the wires by letting it hang for a photo op.  It went in by 1st screwing in the adapter with the clamp partially over it, then sliding the assembly completely on while pulling wire out with tweezers, then tightening the clamp bolts.  There was no way to see if the clamp bolts were evenly tightened, anything was wedged, or anything was contacting anything it shouldn't.  There wasn't any clearance.  The USB charger got a good squeeze.

When the pixies went through, the apartment amazingly didn't burn down.

There was a comparison with the same exposure settings.  It's definitely putting out more light than the stock 15W despite 1 bulb being much brighter than the other.  It may be more light pointing down instead of up.

The 1 capacitor pressed on the cover.  Theoretically, the cover shouldn't exert enough pressure to bend the leads.

It makes a definite dark spot & the 1 bulb is definitely brighter while the other isn't doing anything but making heat.  The 2 fans are clearly audible above the noise of the vent blower.  When they clog with dust, it'll hopefully be obvious.

The vent blower hardly makes enough noise to believe it's doing anything but the hygrometer shows a significant drop when it's on.

The remote successfully toggles it from the other room.  A nefarious roommate could turn it off while a lion is in the bathroom, but fortunately all the women told lions to get lost for 40 years & hit menopause so that isn't going to happen.

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