An eBay bought 50W LED floodlight with PIR detector. It cost about £14. It's large, probably to help with heat convection. The PIR module has been fitted upside-down with the 3 potentiometer adjusters on the top surface. Disappointingly, the unit draws only 40 Watts from the mains.
By Julian
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
how many watts in this video lmfao
Dear Julian nice vid. I think all Chinese suppliers add 10 watts on to the capacity of their lights. From experience if you want a 20 watt LED PIR light buy a 30w unit, etc.
3 Minutes in and so far it's literally 'everything sucks'….Your title should read, Here's all the reasons this is shit, or just make a 30 second video that says, "don't buy 50w led floodlight on ebay"….waste of my time
Nicely done, sir.
why would anyone want a link to that chinese junk light!? i sure wouldnt! from watching enough of clive's videos i knew the light wasn't going to draw 50w. i expected lower, around 30w.
Link for this £14 floodlight?
Looked at these on eBay, pir seems to be the right way around, for some reason they are mounted on top of the light not bottom hence the controls will end up on bottom. Why? Unknown choice
that reflector from the looks of it they put it the wrong way in into the press the back side appears to be reflective 😀 that's why the protective film is there
An excellent video as usual Julian – but a couple of moans coming up:
Why don't you get a Quick Test connector from CLIFF Electronic Components? Clive uses it a lot and it will save you much time and grief. You could have done your friend Paul by replacing that stupidly short mains cable.
This video suffers from the auto iris/ exposure on your camera going crazy all the time. I would suggest that all daylight is excluded from your room, two LED floods installed and have the camera exposure and white balance locked off.
Perhaps a dark tinted sheet or a piece of welding glass would help with LED examination?
I'm disappointed that you didn't measure the power taken by the led module itself when supplied by its own driver. (My 30W floodlight consumed only 17W so I complained and got a 50% refund from Aliexpress.com).
That reflector is stamped plate