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Inside a night angel illuminated socket cover. (schematic)

bigclivedotcom 12:38

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This appears to be a clone of a popular lamplighter retrofit cover plate for classic US sockets that makes connection automatically to the electrical connections on each side with spring loaded contacts. In a dark room the plate then gives a splash of light downwards onto the floor (or upwards if you wanted I guess) to act as night illumination.
It doesn't take much light to navigate round a house at night, so I can guess these would be quite effective.

The design seems to have first appeared as a Kickstarter project.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snappower/the-snaprays-guidelight-illuminate-your-life

Here's a generic ebay com search link for the clone:-
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=night+angel+-color&_sop=15&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xnight+angel+LED+-color.TRS0&_nkw=night+angel+LED+-color&_sacat=0

And here's a link to what I think is the original manufacturers website for one that won't invalidate your home insurance:-
https://www.snappower.com/
And their excellent lamplighter advert:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDwwAQea4Q

Note that the capacitor used in the dropper circuitry of the clone is freakishly small for what should theoretically be a 220nF 200V device. Either technology is progressing well or a corner has been cut.
I wouldn't mind seeing the PCB out of an original unit.

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