Externet
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To clarify... each 5050SMD LED contains three emitters in parallel inside it (by guessed data sheet).
There is 51 in series, fed from the full-rectified mains. There is two equal circuits for a total of 102 LEDs in the bulb.
The picture shows the two joined PC boards, each driving a series of 51 LEDs.
The hand-drawn schematic shows only one of the 2 circuits fed by mains.
Eliminating the 'driver' circuit can promote the thermal runaway as Vf decreases, but seems more risky the effect of spikes on mains.
It is a cheap chinese bulb with no true current regulation, but '30 Watts' will make my kitchen really bright as wanted instead of the 200 Watt incandescent. The rest of the house rooms use the 9W ones from the Lowe's link.
Edited + Added another 1.5uF to the 1.5uF series capacitor for 3 uF total, Zc=884 Ohms, If = 0.0177 A. No smoke.
Voltage drop is now 15.7V across C. Means raised 5V to the series of 51, measured Vf being 2.9V.
Will evaluate brightness at night time, and perhaps increase capacitance again before doing a direct connection to mains.
There is 51 in series, fed from the full-rectified mains. There is two equal circuits for a total of 102 LEDs in the bulb.
The picture shows the two joined PC boards, each driving a series of 51 LEDs.
The hand-drawn schematic shows only one of the 2 circuits fed by mains.
Eliminating the 'driver' circuit can promote the thermal runaway as Vf decreases, but seems more risky the effect of spikes on mains.
It is a cheap chinese bulb with no true current regulation, but '30 Watts' will make my kitchen really bright as wanted instead of the 200 Watt incandescent. The rest of the house rooms use the 9W ones from the Lowe's link.
Edited + Added another 1.5uF to the 1.5uF series capacitor for 3 uF total, Zc=884 Ohms, If = 0.0177 A. No smoke.
Voltage drop is now 15.7V across C. Means raised 5V to the series of 51, measured Vf being 2.9V.
Will evaluate brightness at night time, and perhaps increase capacitance again before doing a direct connection to mains.
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