DIY lamp: burn your house down edition. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Urs42
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:47:08 am
content: Ouch, this is bad:

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 06:53:33 am
content: That looks so cool, but only for those people who live in countries where they don't have rules.Was that a halogen lamp? What better way to hold it than cardboard and hot glue!

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 08:05:15 am
content: Isn't it convenient that, in all these maker and life hack videos, you only need to listen to the first 10 seconds of "music" to know that it will be another total bodge job?

author: mzzj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 08:27:01 am
content: Quote from: ebastler on May 31, 2019, 08:05:15 amThis Old Tony has proper one:OP's link is disappointing, just huge bodge but not instantly lethal! With bit of luck you could even use it for years without burning or electrocuting yourself.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2019, 10:26:51 am
content: Apart from burning your house down, it also looks like a cat scratching post and probably smells of hot dogsIf you're going to do it at least screw it up safely:

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 11:45:43 am
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on May 31, 2019, 06:53:33 amNope, not halogen. It's a 4W to 7W incandescent night light bulb. They don't get very hot at all. So while this is ghetto, what with the cardboard, it's not going to get very hot and so isn't going to pose a fire risk.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 11:52:09 am
content: Quote from: mzzj on May 31, 2019, 08:27:01 amAt least the This Old Tony one is a bona fide April Fools video, unlike CrazyRussianHacker's literally lethal (and AFAIK dead serious) video on a dry ice based air conditioner:(It didn't originally have the water ice disclaimer in the title, IIRC.)

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 11:56:00 am
content: Quote from: tooki on June 03, 2019, 11:45:43 amThe problem you get is when someone shoved a 30W incandescent in there. My great aunt burned her entire apartment to the ground doing something similar.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 12:04:04 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on June 03, 2019, 11:56:00 amI was replying to the guy who asked if it's a halogen. It's not. He asked what itis, not what else itcouldbe replaced with...

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2019, 12:25:29 pm
content: Gotcha makes sense

author: CCitizenTO
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2019, 07:39:49 pm
content: Looks like it's built off a nightlight which uses an E12 socket which will only support a C7 lightblub (the kind found in nightlights and/or candelabras) and would not enable someone to shove a 30 watt bulb which would likely need an E27 Socket to accept an A19 lightbulb which would have like 30-100 watt incandescent varieties.

author: Sceptre
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2019, 12:42:10 am
content: Quote from: CCitizenTO on June 05, 2019, 07:39:49 pmActually, E12-base incandescent bulbs are available up to 60W:https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/5189/DEC-103024.htmlhttps://www.1000bulbs.com/product/619/DEC-81393.htmlhttps://www.target.com/p/ge-174-60-watt-cac-long-life-incandescent-chandelier-light-bulb-soft-white-4pk/-/A-13743012https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sylvania-60-Watt-Double-Life-B10-Incandescent-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-10540/306074671https://www.amazon.com/Home-Lighting-18750-Incandescent-Candelabra/dp/B00GELWBCE/ref=asc_df_B00GELWBCE/

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2019, 01:05:30 am
content: They are typically larger though and besides, nothing is physically stopping anyone from putting a 500W photoflood bulb in a table lamp with a paper shade. You can only do so much to protect idiots from themselves.Far more dangerous than this DIY nightlight are ordinary candles which are used by millions of people in all manner of holders.