Solar panel sealing test and lighting experiment.

This is one of my favourite solar lights because it has quite a good quality of construction and is very serviceable. In this video I'm experimenting with a way to seal solar panels with silicone rubber to test how it applies and how it affects the efficiency of the panel in sunlight.
This is also a test of a large LED COB array being used as a source of 360 degree camera lighting. I drilled a hole in the middle of the panel with a stepped cone cutter, deliberately obliterating four LEDs in the process, and then exposed and bridged the copper tracks to give continuity to the other LEDs in that row. The COB is mounted on a shelf as a camera ledge and the camera looks through the hole.
The main issues so far are that the camera needs to be directly on the panel to give a clear view through the hole, and it gets quite hot when used at a good enough intensity for filming.
The wash of light is OK for matt objects, but causes significant reflections with shiny objects, particularly flat ones.
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