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Another washing machine component.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSEKMeAv4ps

It's a while since I did one of these things, so here's a teardown of ...

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Fixing a duff USB power supply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQ9HN7QNNk

I wonder if this thing had a rough shipping experience, since the case...

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Gasoline/petrol powered pocket warmer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-b2LjRW5E

This thing is actually quite neat and relatively safe in a cold enviro...

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Inside a faulty Samsung lithium cell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYFuVbZmu5M

This is the first time I've had a lithium pack fail like this, so I ju...

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Cheap eBay LED power supply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcuk8wPinkM

This video started off badly with me misplacing the tiny supply comple...

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Another 4K test of the Irish Sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcxTrNfWbk

No sound this time because it was so windy I turned the microphone off...

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4K SJCAM camera test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3rrNZjo60

I've been playing with an SJCAM SJ7 Star camera.

What do you thi...

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10400mAh power bank. (yeah right!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC--ZT418eI

This is another of the dodgy power banks being sold on eBay that have ...

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2kV test on Poundland's new USB PSU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1pwoVdRh4

I'll warn you in advance that this is a long video involving load, the...

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Quick look inside a flash tester.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzKCAl-2xJo

This was just a quick (low volume) video I recorded earlier in the yea...

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Inside a heated powerbank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7IvYsPYiFA

Yes indeed, a heated powerbank does seem like a bad idea.  Especi...

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European candy-fest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxtxb7w8zSQ

Thanks to Ian and Attila for sending some sweets from Germany, Slovaki...

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Crazy Russian Sparker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5uiupJQc9M

As promised, the teardown of a very simple but also very shady device....

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Little bundle of dubious 240V soviet joy.

This is just a picture...   The video will come later, but this little gas lighter device from the Ukraine is very shady.  It also appears to have a very low duty cycle as demonstrated ...

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Inside the cheapest remote socket on eBay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdqzdMUO6QE

Shitty case and a low price, but looks can be deceiving.

This un...

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Repairing a dead UV curing light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_LcwHqBm0k

Someone mentioned that they did a rechargeable version of the UV curin...

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Fibre optic picture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNM6527nE30

Sorry for the gap in videos, I've been in Glasgow for a week.  Wh...

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Unexpected video material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhng9BI9Mw

I wasn't planning on making a video about this until I turned on a lig...

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Vehicle LED thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44mj4kNJ_Uk

Just a quick video showing a little positionable LED feature light for...

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A mechanical interlude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQx5QKJu08

It's not just electrical stuff I like to take apart.  This stopco...

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Smashing and fixing the LED star lamp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNaU76L296Q

This is a long and enjoyable video, so grab a drink and kick back. &nb...

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A nice twist on the LED "neon" effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQkHwrXYwlI

I've already featured the mains voltage LED strip that produces a very...

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Really weird design?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3FCAbNyMM

One of these socket testers has great circuitry and one has not.  ...

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Colour temperature selectable bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteXWD7_iXc

Oops!  I appear to have messed up and made this public instead of...

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Let's have a Patreon-only "Ask me anything."

Go on then, ask me anything.  I may even make one of those ambient "building something while I answer questions" videos.

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12W enclosed LED module.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhlM2sPU_Z0

This looks like it's designed to replace the 2D or circular fluorescen...

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Poundland cinema sign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bWAx1H6JYA

I've softened the colour and added diffusion to the setup to try and h...

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Socket tester with "LCD display".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xm4l13aY6I

Insider a cheap socket testing plug.

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Yuji high CRI LEDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v48gXbolFU

Having wanted to try these LEDs I was secretly delighted when Yuji off...

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Inside the little UV resin curing light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZTyfYLvK14

Having featured it in use recently, it seemed like a good time to take...

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