Why you can't mix LED and tungsten in series circuits. 

we've never been closer to the next Christmas!

well*

Also, it's almost weekend.

They are in a Hanukkah Menorah anyway, but that ended December 18 if Wikipedia is correct.

@@whitcwa That's not a Menorah. Those have nine lights (more properly candles) and are shaped like a U.

Nope some country celebrate Christmas differently to other country they do not celebrate it in December like Russia who celebrate Christmas every year in January and they celebrate Christmas Tuesday 7 January 2020 for this year ok

Nope some country celebrate Christmas differently to other country they do not celebrate it in December like Russia who celebrate Christmas every year in January and they celebrate Christmas Tuesday 7 January 2020 for this year ok

Eee.

it screamed (or, is bigger) on the inside... like good introvert

"It died with a little squeak," said Gollum.

😆

Heat bulbs with a side effect of light

Yes.

Good catch.

Yes. There'd be a slight degradation from the two diodes, but not enough to notice.

Close your eyes and listen. If you listen hard enough, you can hear the squeaks and screams of all the passive components Clive has killed through the years

That should be his motto for the channel... LOL

@@thomasvlaskampiii6850 Lord knows what sort of noise the transistors he's killed would make.

@@Roflcopter4b Maybe a 1kHz square wave scream? That'd be fun to hear...

Fck the leds

Did you also call it skookum as frig? ;)

Did you apply percussive maintenance with your thumb detector?

@@matthewellisor5835 "thumb detector" I may have to steal this.

@@benbaselet2026 right orn

@@matthewellisor5835 well a guy put in his hand (glass) then made sure the metal inside was horizontal and slammed my hand on the counter. The weight of the metal inside bulb and inertia caused them to get closer. However I did have my thumb detecting nut fucker at the ready.

Your dolby surround sound might be set to use a missing middle speaker. Try changing the setting to plain stereo.

It originally said Sassy Squad until one of my coworkers changed the A to an I with a sharpie.

Have you got a link or search term or seller id? My mam's light bridge has one dim bulb and I'd like to replace them. And do they look as good as the incandescents? Clearly on this they look a bit pants because of the flicker but it's probably just on camera. Thanks.

@@CountDrunkula emarket4un was the seller. Flicker is detectable to some people and the sign of a poor circuitry design (the ones I bought don't have any flicker at all). Look exactly like the old ones, same white just a little dimmer but energy saving is huge and would probably never have to replace them again. My arch is a 7 candle pine one that was originally using 3w E10 incandescents. I figured it was much better to upgrade my old one than buying those annoying battery candle arches which always need to have the batteries changed and don't have replaceable bulbs. Hope that helps!

But a cup of tea is supposed to be cold! ;-)

Drink it anyway, nothing goes to waste

A true travesty..

Nope some country celebrate Christmas differently to other country they do not celebrate it in December like Russia who celebrate Christmas every year in January and they celebrate Christmas Tuesday 7 January 2020 for this year ok

I like the flicker flame lamps, but the resistors inside get baked in the UK due to the extra voltage dissipation. I made a video way back in 2012 about making them last a lot longer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XVrVWcIK4zE.html

I miss Maplins, the staff was brilliant but let down by poor management. When they started ditching components and chasing consumer electrical goods that you could buy cheaper at Argos it was the beginning of the end.

@@markpitt5248 Agreed

now you broke my brain too

@@ketas LOL

@Matt Quinn I dunno. I guess they've just been there since the '80s.

That should be OK unless it's a low voltage halogen chandelier. The very small LED lamps are very prone to early failure due to the heat and compact circuitry.

​@@bigclivedotcom That is interesting that you say that. I run everything in my appartment with LED bulbs. E14, E27, G9. Only a single LED bulb failed to this date (knock on wood). But his lamps fail basically left right and center. Can this be an issue with additional heat from the tungsten ones? The lamps run basically in a little glass-dome where they are shielded upwards. Hot air gets trapped and might fry the circuits. The lamps in question are E14 "reflector style" lamps that don't have the regular bulb-shape and I might think that this will have an impact on the size. Nevertheless: Great video and I will make sure to tell my mum to NOT replace single bulbs in her christmas-lights that take the same lamp-style you showed here.

Usually C7 size 120v lamps, as you said in parallel

I can remember the transition from zig-zags to boxes. It was annoying having to change.

Since when the inductor is a box? Resistor is a box, inductor is a few bowed wires and capacitor is two lines with separation.

Mariusz Kozłowski it’s a filled box. Resistor is a empty box🤷🏼‍♂️

@@gurgelplus OK, I was teached the way I wrote. I knew about American zigzag for resistor but I think I didn't see schematic yet with filled box for inductor.

Mariusz Kozłowski it doesn’t matter which design you use as long as everybody knows which is what and that is usually the case if someone has some electrical experience or background...

Safety instinct. The metal on each bulb is live at mains voltage. Chance of touching is low. But change thousands over a career in lighting, and the probability explodes.

There have been issues in the past with inductive circuits damaging electronics with voltage spikes. But they should have protection against that. Mixing them in a single fixture might not be a good idea.

Poundland. The best bit about it is that it has ten digits instead of 8.

The GU10 lamps often bake due to the small size and intensity expectations.

They will gradually catch up. All LEDs degrade over time, especially white ones.

Thanks Clive. I wont risk opening it up again, it was a miracle I didn't break the flimsy thin screen last time.

Clive seems rather more sassy than sissy. He's quite a masculine bear.

Camera effect.

You should be able to get them online, but you may have to go by size and the connection system to try and find if it's a common brush. If it's going through a lot of brushes you may have to clean the carbon from the commutator and surrounding area.