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The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps

bigclivedotcom · 6.6M views · 2021-01-13 · 32:17

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Overview

Big Clive tears down the Dubai lamp, a Philips LED bulb developed with Dubai's ruler for maximum efficiency and long life. He examines its construction and circuitry, including underrun LEDs and many filament strips.

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HN points to it as proof that efficient, long-lived LED bulbs can be built and as an example of well-designed lamps.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2021–2026

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shagie · 2023-06 · Recommendation

There are a lot of cheap, poorly designed LED bulbs that put heat stress on critical components. Technology Connections : A troubling trend in lighting? - [LINK] (It goes into how a number of LED bulb failures are because the lamp wasn't able to dissipate heat from the electronic components. It also shows how some higher quality LED bulbs are made so that they dissipate heat better - they don't make as much heat as an incandescent bulb, but there is still some and that is the cause of a lot of failures.) The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps - [VIDEO] is also interesting. They have a different design and it gets into the electronics.

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adolph · 2023-03 · Recommendation

2021, cited source material comes from the always awesome Big Clive YouTube Channel. bigclivedotcom: The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps: [VIDEO]

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asddubs · 2021-11 · Recommendation

although it certainly is true these days, that the average LED based bulb is pushing those LEDs hard, which incidentally also makes them less efficient, rather than just using more of them at the same wattage. Check out the dubai lamp to see a lamp designed to be efficient and last: [VIDEO]

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