Mercedes Benz LED ceiling light (with schematic and hack)
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You probably didn't realise that Mercedes Benz make LED lights. It's notable that Mercedes Benz probably didn't realise that either.
I broke this in my attempt to hack it, but fixed it and learned something in the process.
I think the main reason this light is described as "Mercedes Benz series" is due to the shape vaguely resembling their logo. It's a replacement module for existing ceiling lights with metal backplates that you can stick the module to magnetically.
My experience of older style Mercedes vans was that they were not in any way suitable for tall people with big feet, or indeed driver-comfort for anyone. I used to drive them when working with a lighting company, and that era of van was extremely loud (as in ears whistling like you'd just walked out a loud nightclub), grossly underpowered and so uncomfortable to drive that the only way I could even control the accelerator pedal was to rock my foot on the wheel arch at the side of it. The traffic sign incident was when I tried driving out of a narrow lane onto a busy and very small roundabout, and the only way to avoid the sign would have been to drive over the roundabout into oncoming traffic. So the sign probably deserved it. The only clue that I may have obliterated the sign was when people suddenly turned round and stared at me - but that could just have been due to the IMMENSE NOISE of the van's abysmal acceleration which made negotiating busy roundabouts a horrific experience.
We finally got new vans when we handed the company accountant the keys to one of the vile Mercedes vans and invited him to take it for a test drive. He looked a bit shocked when he got back and then arranged to replace them with a fleet of new Transit vans.
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I broke this in my attempt to hack it, but fixed it and learned something in the process.
I think the main reason this light is described as "Mercedes Benz series" is due to the shape vaguely resembling their logo. It's a replacement module for existing ceiling lights with metal backplates that you can stick the module to magnetically.
My experience of older style Mercedes vans was that they were not in any way suitable for tall people with big feet, or indeed driver-comfort for anyone. I used to drive them when working with a lighting company, and that era of van was extremely loud (as in ears whistling like you'd just walked out a loud nightclub), grossly underpowered and so uncomfortable to drive that the only way I could even control the accelerator pedal was to rock my foot on the wheel arch at the side of it. The traffic sign incident was when I tried driving out of a narrow lane onto a busy and very small roundabout, and the only way to avoid the sign would have been to drive over the roundabout into oncoming traffic. So the sign probably deserved it. The only clue that I may have obliterated the sign was when people suddenly turned round and stared at me - but that could just have been due to the IMMENSE NOISE of the van's abysmal acceleration which made negotiating busy roundabouts a horrific experience.
We finally got new vans when we handed the company accountant the keys to one of the vile Mercedes vans and invited him to take it for a test drive. He looked a bit shocked when he got back and then arranged to replace them with a fleet of new Transit vans.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
#ElectronicsCreators
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