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Side quest: I wonder why this LED bulb is no longer working… 🤔 https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/116/346/708/148/540/632/original/349ba4309109afcd.jpg

Jan Beta @Jan Beta 1775312935

Managed to remove the very obviously broken LED and just bridged the pads. Should probably be good for a while. It lights up again for now, at least.

(Replacing the LED with a new one would of course have been the proper way to fix it.)

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Simon Zerafa · 8w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwtm4h7stc2fxvgwxs8rlv2uwpnvrvscj3xt0wa98t065cpjpygqqax8cjr Odd they aren't designed with the LED's wired in series and parallel to extend the life 😕

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwtm4h7stc2fxvgwxs8rlv2uwpnvrvscj3xt0wa98t065cpjpygqqax8cjr You're probably better off replacing the broken LED with another random diode if you have no LED to fit there, rather than just bridging the pads. There's normally a voltage drop over t...