Inside LIDL's "four light" bar (with schematic)

This is a good example of a product being optimised for mass production to keep the price low.

It works fine as a light, but you can't change the "bulbs" so when one of the many LEDs inside fails, the whole thing will go to landfill. At least this light has a plug and socket so you don't have to physically wire in a new fixture when it fails.

I'm sure there is a datasheet for the chip, but a quick search found nothing but false promises on datasheet websites. I did find one fuzzy low resolution schematic that did help though.

My eco warrior comment is aimed at the companies using "eco" marketing to sell unserviceable short lived landfill that generates lots of profit. Like LED street lights for instance.


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