Crazy torch with insect zapper (what's inside)
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Today, let's make a teardown of an LED torch with a built in insect zapper from Lidl. The schematic is completely crazy.
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"You're supposed to carry it in your pocket, full of grilled mosquitoes". It's indeed a survival tool to provides on-demand cooked meat. "It's either completely genius or completely mad" :-) You nailed it.
Therefore it's from Germany it must be completely genius! Oh wait! Genius and madness are close together...
The KEY is not getting shocked yourself
Is there a possibility to run this flashlight with a 26650?
Such is Life in The Zone.
@@rodsofgod6863 < Better yet a 27100 ;)
"No mentally stupid people" should become a legitimate warning label lol
Brate kakvonje to prezime, kaonda si konj?
Theyre not rare for sure
But thats disabilitist
There is one saying 'DANGER Not to be operated by fuckwits'
@@pvc988 why does it sound soo familiar lol AvE im guessing
Just an FYI, the LED is a 5x5mm Lumen Pioneer Opto LHP 5050 LHP5-2. Fairly decent quality copy of a Cree XPH50.2. Gives about 1000+lm at 9W power. Torch probably 2k+ lm at max.
EDIT: maybe it is actually the smaller 3535 LPF3AW which clocks in at the 250lm quoted...
Ah, yes, it does appear to be a product of quality. The real question of course is does the battery cat approve?
Not if the whiskers touches the high power wire.
This flashlight is in a whole new CATegory. ;D
Your vids are so good, you deserve far more subscribers!!
Lets test it on real conditions, with angry mosquitos
They fly away from it, not into it :).
@@DiodeGoneWild They are scared because they think you bought it on eBay like some other stuff
Mosquitos also gone wild here :)
@@DiodeGoneWild I've built a mosquito "frier" (exclusively from salvaged parts) which provides about 4KV DC in a 470nF capacitor (no series resistor at the output). Some mosquitos are coming in while it uses a small classical white neon tube as light source. When they touch the grid they literally explode, so the question of having them permanently arcing does not apply ;-)
This has become one of my favorite channels. Love your work. Your cat is adorable. Thank you!
How hilarious would it be if when it contained grilled mosquitoes you rotated the barrel and the toasted mosquitoes were ground and the bits came out the front like some kind of bizarre pepper grinder!
Hi ! I do luv your old school calculator. ;)
To me, it looks like the circuit has a protection that stops the oscillator if high current is detected on the electrodes for a period of time. The reason the DC current goes up is likely due to a DC current running through the primary instead of switching it. It then resets after a period of time and keeps working again. Most likely it is deliberate to help protect.
Danyk, I love your cat. I know it's stupid to ask for this, but I wish you say hi to her from me.
And of course I love your videos too. Still, your cat is absolutely awesome.
Now that's a light with more bite! And then even more bite since the modification!!
I just love the way "Mike Hat" wanders across the bench, as if he owns the place. I have a tiny little cat called Duster who is very similar in that regard.
I can imagine people carrying this torch with a huge amount of grilled mosquitoes and bugs in their pockets... Bloody Hell ☠️
This was an excellent video. You did every single thing I really wanted to see in this vid!
I like how you improved their circuitry.
Thank you for resoldering it. Good learning video.
Nice video dany!!
It wont grill mosquitos since they don't gravitate towards UV light, but with suitable modification it could put on some good shows with moths and such.
yeah mossies bite you like crazy with the lights out - don't know why people think they're turned on by UV... guess everyone thinks they're miniature vampire moths.
I guess the bad connection on the multiplier it´s just a manufacture error, looking at the board, everything points out that the output should be on the bigger cap (3Vp with bleeder resistor) as you correctly connected later. The voltage on this devices are 1500 to 3000v so it´s always better to test it with some high voltage high value series resistor to avoid killing your multimeter (I talk from the experiencie).
Got the same LED flashlight from LIDL in Germany. Was sold for less than €13 here. Thank you for the informative video! I like your channel and of cause your cat :-)
I'm here for the cat 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm going to keep my eyes open for this at my local Lidl, then get the Dremel to slightly widen the grill! Get some bigger flies in there then 😉
My own thoughts exactly - and check the wiring to see if it needs correcting :)
"Don't swallow the batteries"..... :D :D :D
How can you swallow a battery 😩😣
the voltage of the transformer + the voltage of 1vp capacitor is like a series voltage connector that includes again the secondary coil of the tr as a voltage booster thats why you have 530 and 740v
It seems to be a "dangerous charger" from Lidl. 🤣
It sounded like you were saying "fleshlight" 🤣
Genius analysis and repair!
When are you gonna make series about VTTC?? I would like to see it.
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Your multimeter display is blinking when you try to measure the 850v because probably the voltage of the zapper (DC voltage) is greater than the range the multimeter can mesure...
it could be that they had to reduce the output power because of the eu
cat healper A+
Can we use induction cooktop circuit as ZVS driver for flyback transformer and induction heating os tesla coil driver. It would be quite powerful
When you are going to do QNA
Helpful video. I liked it
Is there any way to limit the secondary current of such multiplier, to stop oscillator from stopping?
maybe just a resistor in series with the secondary...
Where I’m from the mosquitoes would not come close to fitting through the grill.
And they will be far more attracted to the user than those LEDs anyway.
Wanted to say the same, but you nailed it. I'm actually curious why someone imagined that such design would work in real life. Only as feature pile for unsavy customers for fast money grab.
Have you got a 4x18w louvered fluorescent troffers???? (Armstrong ceiling light fixture)
Yum, grilled mosqitoes.
very interesting
Could you say what all the tools you use are(like model numbers and brands) because I would like to know where to get the small oscilloscope of yours and also where to get your soviet analog one
Maybe put some extra capacitors across the high voltage and break out half of the bits so that the flies can get in better. More capacitance = more pop.
Thanks for the info! 👍
I think the battery has a very low voltage for the mosquito fryer to work properly and that is why after a few sparks it seems to stop working.
dnt kno you get a good zap off 2aaa on my fly swatter think it hits over 1000v. its not the batterys its the capacitors that put out the zap...can make a good stun gun out of an old camera flash...hits like a tank from 2aa batts lol. found that out from pokeing about in a camera wen I was about 10. had to do it twice too cos I thought no way 2aa batts cud shock like that
Thanks for sharing
Never been here so early 😁
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Grilled mosquitoes are best young. That's why the openings are small. Give it a test, let us know how it works. Thanx.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever...
What is the name of your cat 😺😺😺😸
The output stage is using a voltage multiplier circuit. It takes AC input and outputs DC at n times the peak AC input voltage where n is the number of capacitors used. The voltage across each capacitor always remains at peak voltage of ac input only. Remember those negative ion generators... those devices use a voltage multiplier circuit. More info at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
Love Your Videos Keep It Up
I so enjoy your videos because you blend knowledable science with good wit and humor! Your voice and cadence make it though! I also like that you love your cat! What is your extremely helpful feline's name?
I always though the cat's name was "My Cat" ????? ;)
@@edgeeffect I like that!
🙌I want Your Calculater 🙌
And now put more salt in it. That's niiiice.
I love your videos
It shuts off because you keep shorting the grid, it depletes the charge in the capacitors!!! Once the caps get restored, it works again... not made to handle constant shorts I wouldn't think!!
Please make video on induction motors
Doesn't oscillating DC penetrate trough bug body like AC? If so, that circuit would make sense, because pure DC is less deadly and modulated DC is better at killing.
Is the power calculation supposed to be done using unloaded voltage or loaded voltage?
Nice brains
Cool
A flashlight having better voltage separation than many of the power supplies you opened up...
Grilled Mosquito's LOL ! ! ! ! !
after the Tesla coil, take a look at the inductive furnace project, please. There are many alike on youtube, just like tesla coil, but none of them goes into nuances of ehat makes it work
How to make an analog tv cannel?
It's from lidl and from china haha. Also based on the title I thought it was going to be a stun gun flashlight. Interesting.
can it somehow take 18650?
Can a single transistor oscillator make symmetric AC for a voltage multiplier? I thought it sjust pulsed DC with one half cycle.
The transformer removes any DC component at its output voltage. The unavoidable DC component of the input voltage (due to this driving mode) just produce heat dissipation in the primary winding and only the peak to peak current produces induction. So even if the output AC voltage can be not symmetrical (for instance a short positive strong spike and a wide negative weak spike) its average DC value will be zero.
I have a Airpod case, I lost the Airpods. Could I send the case to you so you can teardown it ???
You can always email him about that, that way he can send you the address
The chances of grilling a mosquito is about nil. Mosquitoes are not attracted to light.
Wow, you have lidl where you live? Its a very nice store
Liverno lux - cute like always
-How did you learn to draw your schematics?
-Any books you would recommend?
Thankyou!!!
50% electronics textbooks 50% pure art!!
I want to pet t h e k a t .
Well thanks for seeing ur 🐈's face as always, Times come to see ur face mate come on , is it ?
You may find what you're looking for at danyk.cz
Please Make A Video On Uni Trend UT 123 Multimeter Please!!!!!!!
Why In Many Pcb board resisters and capacitors are missing like the led pcb you opened
In this case the complete circuit was implemented on another board probably for better cooling. They still needed the smal board just to connect everything.
Sometimes a single board can be used for a standard and a ‘deluxe’ version of a product. In that case the standard version just misses the components needed for the extra functions of the deluxe type.
Sometimes there are small changes made to a product. Either just to cut some costs or to improve/correct something. I once noticed that on a later version of an amplifier several high wattage resisters were moved from the PCB to a heat sink. It was definitely an improvement as older boards were slightly burned around those resisters.
Hope this helps
Don't swallow the battery 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anyone care to speculate about the logistics of LIDL products. Who is the go between/middle man who picks the Chinese products they rebrand and import? Does LIDL do this in house, or useone or miltiple companies to "refer" them halfway decent Chinese products to stock? They certainly don't design/ have other design brand new products from scratch no? Like ordering from one big Chinese catalogue no?
I worked at a european competitor, who sold on occasion exactly the same products as Lidl did, with a different brand name on it.
We often worked directly with chinese manufacturers. I think 50% was from euro suppliers, 50% directly from china.
You typically go to a trade show. There you meet various manufacturers, and wholesale companies, and get an impression of the stuff they sell.
Once you have some knowledge about what's on the market and which manufacturers have it, you can select stuff on the website/catalog of those manufacturers.
We'd make sure that the products meet the standards WE want it to meet. For instance, we'd get salt water spray tests done to make sure the product is rust proof. Sometimes this meant the manufacturer needed to modify their products, sometimes it meant finding another one.
Sometimes we wanted an extra feature, and got it built into the product if the manufacturer could do that. But the products as a whole are designed by the manufacturer.
For smaller batches, buying at a chinese wholesale company was also possible. For stuff that we needed quickly, we'd buy at a european wholesale/reseller. Of course, that doesn't offer any customisation options, and you risk selling the same product as your competitors. Often you wanna make sure that you're at least slightly different than what they sell.
Occasionally we'd start out with an european wholesale, and if sales were high enough, we'd eventually switch over to finding the manufacturer, or a manufacturer of a similar product, and then importing the stuff ourselves.
Safety tests and CE declarations were handled by a third party.
Imho, importing stuff from china is fine for simple stuff, but for anything that might need aftersales service, it is really annoying. The suppliers are often extremely friendly and cooperative, but it is still such a hassle to get spare parts (takes months). In the mean time, as a store, you'll have to refund the customer and that can lose you a lot of money.
LimaVictor
Thanks for sharing!
Their distribution partners are Kompernass, Germany www.kompernass.com , and Digi-Tech GmbH digi-tech-gmbh.com/produkte/wetterstationen. I've just bought their triple external sensor weather station from Lidl yesterday. It's OK, but has problems. The weather station I bought from them 11 years ago still works perfectly, and the remote sensors are perfectly waterproof with O-rings everywhere. This one has no seals, it just relying on gravity to avoid water ingress, it has open holes on the back, also the battery compartment is not sealed, and I can see the edge of the board through it... The sensors are IPX4 rated, but I'm quite sure a thunderstrom can find its way into it. Even the manual suggest to put it in covered outside areas, like a balcony, but that won't give you an accurate outside temperature then. The old one can be submerged into water! I used to hang it on a tree, and it's still fine after 11 years.
My other complaint on new the weather station that it's wall mountable, but not... All the buttons are on the back side, so you can't turn on the backlight nor read the min/max temp/humidity values if you hang it on the wall. If the 3 years warranty expires, I will duplicate those buttons on its side.
I think they're usually not just rebrand stuff, but get them custom designed for themselves, probably not by themselves, but by the Chinese manufacturer. They do the rebranding mainly for the simplest stuff, like torches, hand tools, etc. Yesterday in the shop I've seen an announcement that they've sent back a batch of rechargeable car vacuum cleaners to the manufacturer because it did not met their quality requirement.
1-2 years ago they've made a recall on a wall lamp, that was supposed to be double insulated, and it was, but there was a chrome color version which had actual chrome plating on the plastic housing which compromised the double insulation.
I remember the recall of some lithium battery operated stuff a while ago, I don't remember exacltly what was it (maybe it was a vacuum cleaner, or a tennis racket style bug zapper), but there were issues with the charging circuitry, which posed a risk of fire.
So they are not careless about quality and safety.
I had a zapper with a solar light but not a flashlight but when will the next episode of the solid-state tesla coil series come out?, I would love to know⚡⚡⚡🙂🙃
On the feedback for AliExpress the system has literally banned the words ‘junk’ or ‘Chinese junk’ in all variants, I’m not even joking. It just says ‘banned characters’ . But they sell a brand which is basically called Junktec , which is nice. {that they do that, the brand didn’t lie}
Asi měli v Lídlu čínský týden :-D ...nějací sledující češi? :-)
Another SSTC episode and make it musicaaal.
Špatným zapojením stoupla neškodnost výrobku. Takže je to v pořádku :-)
After first spark, capacitor has to recharge. Repeatedly tapping didn't give it a chance 👍🏼
WHEN next tesla coil video?
The next SSTC episode was ment to be about the test with the IR21531D chip, but it will turn into an episode about fake Ebay chips :D.
Okay
DiodeGoneWild oops 😁
You are miracle
German. From germany or austria?
Even more salt lmfaooo
Wait, wait: a Chinese flashlight/zapper/doohickey, with *alkaline AA* batteries? AND "S-O-S" mode is correct, not merely "S-O-S-O-S-O-S..."?!
OMG they're actually LISTENING to us! :D
I need this thing lol
Hello +DiodeGoneWild! Your videos are very refreshing to watch compared to other videos on RUclips.
May I suggest an idea for a quick video? I was thinking of comparing fake components, i. e. from ebay, to genuine ones...I have nothing to send, sorry... Looking forward to it!
He is going to make a video about testing some questionable cheap IGBTs from ebay
@@drobotk yeah... and maybe some ICs and transistors. I was thinking he'd do some performance tests on them. I also wanted to find out where he got those TESLA capacitors and other vintage components
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The battery capacity is garbage.
Cat zapper...
Review 30W cellphone charger
How ur cat lived for so long and my 2 puppies died in a month :(
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That might be useful in a tent. Nothing worse than listening to whining mosquitoes.
They would make even more noise trying to go through a slot that's too small :D.
Just cut away every second bar.