Mushroom Cloud Over Mexico LED Magic Smoke Tomorrow

[MEXICOWANDERER]

I gotta try it.

(4) 33 volt LED chips in series.

(1) 5 amp 1KV rectifier in series for a guarantee

(1) 100uf 450 volt electrolytic cap connected inside the rectifier circuit.

Plugger into a wall socket.

I shall wear a safety shield mask and gloves....

[MEXICOWANDERER]

EGADS Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, managed to escape the stakes and bonds atop the scientific community anthill, and go retail.

[SCVJeff]

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Just Kidding!

I am going to power the device under test with a momentary 25 ampere AC rated foot switch. Deadman's Switch?

Celso is looking for it.

Thank goodness LED's have minimum current inrush (I hope).

"Retired Engineer invents wild new way to create a tank circuit!!!"

[JiminDenver]

Oh no, he isn't answering! Something when Horrible, Horrible wrong!

[wa8yxm]

So Mex.. What happened?

[mena661]

SCVJeff wrote:
Can't never have too much of this here stuff around..

LOL! Niiice!

[NinerBikes]

SCVJeff wrote:
Can't never have too much of this here stuff around..


PS- I've met Angela and Hubby, and the whole contingent of black suits shadowing them.

Were they real, or bolt ons? Inquiring minds want to know, for technical purposes. 😉

[wa8yxm]

I think MEX got a deal on the high voltage panels.. Of course a DC/DC converter is a possibility too, and I suspect MEX could build one out of spare parts.

[westend]

I looked up past the waning super moon, tonight, and saw some sparks flying. Thought it might be the Mex testing effects but realized we're in the midst of the Perseid Meteor Shower.

Mex, is this the indoor light solution you're testing? One thing keeps nagging at me----why was it not possible to get a 12V friendly LED chip? That should reduce the component count and complexity, correct?

[SCVJeff]

Can't never have too much of this here stuff around..


PS- I've met Angela and Hubby, and the whole contingent of black suits shadowing them.

[NinerBikes]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Yeah I can see it all unfolding, in advance...

That's not the kind of halo I would want to wear.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Yeah I can see it all unfolding, in advance...

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Getting my foot operated pedal switch back from Celso. 30 amp rated. Don't want the transformer jumping off the pole in flames or anything...

[rexlion]

I see, I see now. (Said the blind man, as he stumbled in the dark) 😉