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No it should not flicker😉. But it will depend on the type and quality of the LED bulb🧐

Oh man ❤Is better to put 2 in series(with switchs) or in paralle for select different modes bright?

@@MACYNET323 yes you can switch multiple capacitors if you want😉👍(parallel or series). But for me just full brightness and a nice dim setting is enough 👌

It will work fine with the mini-r4m😉👍. I olso have a newer version of this circuit. th-cam.com/video/mznx0xoF8Ck/w-d-xo.html

@@zrebrutibreniti I don't think It's possible to do it in the same way😮‍💨. I have tried to work it out for 2way switches, but no luck yet. It will be possible in slightly different layout. If you put the shelly up by the light fixture, it should work just like my sonoff 2-way lighting circuit. th-cam.com/video/9hQFFsBkxaU/w-d-xo.html

That would be a interesting experiment to try🤔😉. You might need to stack several in series to get the voltage required. Or maybe bigclive's "joule thief" circuit, to boost the voltage.🤔

@@JarradAB1 I'm originally from Cape Town, but I have been living in the UK for 24 years.

It did work with my makita charger. But it might of been a older model. I guess this is very much experimental, and not guaranteed to work with everything🤨. You just have to try it and see. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Yes it should work

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@JohnDundee-el2ro it actually makes a much better connection than most adaptors!. I did some overloading tests up to 15Amps!!! and it didn't get hot. This is way past the specified 4Amps of the euro-plug. Some adaptors in my overload tests got dangerously hot🔥, after putting a big load on them.

Excellent, I'm so glad it worked for you 😉 👍. The circuit is very basic but works in most cases.

@@MyProjectBoxChannel Just as an aside, I've decided to slightly modify the original design so that the power board has several master sockets and one slave, rather than the other way around. It occurred to me that in this application you would only ever have one vacuum cleaner so only one slave outlet is required. Conversely, it's likely that a typical woodworking bench will have several dust-creating power tools (saw, planer, router etc) which, while not used simultaneously, could all be conveniently plugged in several "master" outlets, any one of which would activate the slave. The basic design of the circuit remains unchanged but the busbars to the sockets are chopped up slightly differently to provide three master sockets and one slave.

@@SteveHarding-jy6rm Yes! Good idea, that would make sense for your application. There will be a need for having multiple slave sockets, if used with something like a TV and game console, amplifier and so on.

I have used "Omega clips" before to hold the led tubes😉

What a cool project, I'm reaching for the soldering right now, thank you for sharing. Superglue activator is quite expensive. Did you know: Superglue Activator (fast curing superglue) you can make your own Superglue Activator by mixing half a teaspoon of baking soda in quarter a cup of water; baking soda being the active ingredient that makes the super glue polymerise. 1) Acetone or rubbing alcohol can be added to your home made activator to aid evaporation. 2) Use your home made activator sparingly to prevent misting and weakening of the final bond. 3) Superglue can be added directly to baking soda making a paste to fix things like if a screw pillar in a radio is broken this mixture can be used to reinforce and glue the pillar back together. You have to be reasonably quick with the mixing as the mixture sets really quickly.

Thanks, that's the great thing with collaboration in the comment, additional ideas. Secondary thought, opposed to using superglue I would think about using heat shrink tubing, the type that's internally coated with hot melt so that the bottle cap and wires can be removed for repair. Guess it's horses for courses depending on application and environment in which the lamp is being used. Thanks for the idea of clips, also thought about circuit board wire connectors, the type with screws to hold the wires.

@@isoguy. yes baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) works really well. I use it quite often, especially to fill larger gaps with superglue😉👍

@@MyProjectBoxChannel @MyProjectBoxChannel Cool, just been back to your vid on magic smart switch, amazing. Just added another switch to our lounge and it works a treat, thankyou. I was looking at smart thermostats for the central heating all costing in excess of $100. I then found the sonoff switch with a thermostat for $15 and fitted it to the heating, I can now switch the heating on and off from anywhere via mobile or on cold nights switch it on before I get home. Absolutely amazing tech, again thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@@amuridesu No. It should not filicker at all. But some LED bulbs don't work with this method.

@@cristi497 it's hard to work out what you have done, but you could try different types of led bulbs. Some LED bulbs don't work well with this method. Also you could have a diode in the wrong polarity? Or perhaps a blown diode? To understand the circuit better look at my older videos. th-cam.com/video/oBR5O391m_c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/8h29-0rpQJo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/mznx0xoF8Ck/w-d-xo.html

Sadly 😥 No👎. But sonoff should really think about extending magic switch to the rest of their range. A smart bulb with "magic switch" would be very. useful.

@@TomBridgewater-d9n 100nF capacitor (the value is not that critical) should work fine, and 1N4007 diodes are fine aswell 👍😉

@@MyProjectBoxChannel I have this thing put together and have used the BS170 mosfets mentioned in another comment here. I have discovered that the voltage on the clock circuit from the festool board is 3.115VDC with the voltage drop on the diodes, the measured voltage at the gate of each one is 2.556VDC. The 2.556V is not enough to open the BS170 transistor channel. I can jump from the 3.115V clock circuit of the CMOS chip to the gate of the mosfet that closes the relay pilot circuit to ground and the 3.115V is enough to open the channel because I can hear the relay click in and out when I jump the voltage to the gate. I am using 4.7K ohm resistors for all but the 1M ohm resistor you specified. Any ideas on what MOSFET will work better or how to increase the voltage to the gates? I feel like I have almost made it work....

@@TomBridgewater-d9n I think you might be right about the mosfet gate voltage 😮‍💨. I just experimented with my circuit until it worked. I never actually checked all the gate voltages. Maybe you can use a normal transistor like a BC547 to drive the relay. You might need a current limiting resistor on the Base of the BC547(mabe 1k). I used a mosfet because it's simple to use, but in this case the voltage is too low.

@@grant_HH it is possible to just have just one bypass circuit at the beginning point where all the lights (on the same circuit) get fed from. But you probably need bigger diodes to handle the extra current safely. There is less chance of making a mistake, and works better, if you use a bypass for every light fixture. You only need one diode in the wrong polarity or connected in the wrong place, and you have a dead short! This circuit also works with multi gang smart switches. Only one of the output channels need the bypass and neutral circuit. th-cam.com/video/8h29-0rpQJo/w-d-xo.html I have a updated version of my circuit with bigger diodes, and it's a bit more robust th-cam.com/video/mznx0xoF8Ck/w-d-xo.html

@@Richard-eg4ms the quality of these devices can vary alot! Some are solid brass, and some are made from a brass coloured aluminium, and can suffer from a poor connection and corrosion.

@@MyProjectBoxChannel I made sure my post was super clean. NO COROSION. I dialectic grease on the post. Maybe like you said bad brand.

@@andredutoit5340 the main advantage of this circuit is its simplicity, and because of that it is very reliable. But it's not perfect! Because it's a capacitive load, it has poor "power factor". You don't get charged for power factor, in domestic use, so not much of a problem. The capacitor dropper is basically a "high pass filter", so if there is "high frequency interference" on the mains supply, it will be dumped straight onto the LEDs and possibly damaged them, or shorten their lifespan. A example of high frequency noise, would be a arcing light switch, not switching off properly.

@@19crofty86 it's possible yes/ maybe. But it depends on the type of LED driver 🤔. Are the led letters mains voltage? Or 5v 12v?

@@rcwilli1991 the difference is zbmini is not Matter-enabled. With "matter", it can be controlled locally and "cloud free", by many devices like amazon alexa and Google home. You don't need to rely on the Chinese app and worry about cloud services going down.

I was actually thinking that the fuse in the plug should be of a lower rating something like 5 to 10A. It's strange that philips opted for a 13 Amp plug fuse🤔. I had some old 5A "rewireable fuse wire", and I could of soldered that across the pcb fuse. But I don't want to encourage that practice. I did actually test the motor first, but I forgot to film it😂.

Yes, a lower current fuse in the plug would make sense. Filming and editing everything must be a lot of work so thank you for doing it.

Yes the test tweezers are great for SMD component testing it does capacitors aswell😉. It was very reasonably priced, and pretty accurate too. I think I got mine on Ebay a couple of years back. It's called "ms8910 handheld smart smd tester" . Aliexpress and amazon did them too. I guess MOVs have their advantages, but I don't think it's necessary for a simple brush DC motor circuit, with just a bridge rectifier. It's great for very sensitive/ critical equipment and SMPSs. I watched a video of a newer Philips juicer repair, and now there's no MOVs on the pcb. So I guess the design is economizing/ cheaping out, and just a single speed aswell. So only the bridge rectifier and EMI LC-filter , that's it.

@@hunakaka I'm not sure🤔. I would have to measure it with a oscilloscope. But I think there will be some discrepancy between different light switches. I guess the time delay would have to be with in a small range.

Yes, absolutely. It will not trigger the RCD😉👍. I have RCDs/RCBOs in my house. There is no current "leaking to Earth", and the the load is balanced between L and N.

@@performancefiore6004 some motors will work, like the the "universal-motor" (the type with brushes). BUT induction motors don't work!(Some of them have a capacitor and need proper AC to work) Most fan motors are induction, so won't work. Also your diodes need to be big enough to handle the motor current.

@@Ni5ei good idea 💡

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