Lidl Livarno Landfill Light teardown (with schematic)

I got this a while ago to see how it looked and how serviceable it is.

The circuitry is unusual, and seems to be making a lot of effort to protect against damage to the unit by arcing/transients that can damage some capacitive dropper based lights.
The current regulation is also very unusual in that it uses a voltage regulator with a fixed resistor as a load to act as a crude current regulator.

Construction of the unit is quite smart, but makes repair very difficult. So when an LED fails open circuit the entire fitting is pretty much toast. That means the only way to get the light working again is to remove and replace the whole fitting, which is not a good direction to go, as it can force homeowners to attempt electrical work themselves in a wet outdoor environment.

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