Home Made LED Bulb

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Home Made LED Bulb

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Today we fabricate a LED bulb, recycling material we have at home.
We need the following materials:

  • Bulb used
  • Switch Transformer 220V - DC 12V 1A.
  • White LED strip
  • Plastic pipe

Dismantle the Bulb

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Dismantle the bulb to utilize the cap.
I remind you that the inside bulb must be dispose in a recycling point.

Dismantle the Transformer

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Dismantle the transformer, and solder wires to 220V metal parts.

Assembly

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Insert the bulb cap and the transformer inside the plastic pipe.

Sticking Strips

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We glued the LED strips on the plastic tube
Soldering strips together with special attention to the polarity soldering the output of the transformer

The Result

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This is the result: