This style of solar chargeable flashlight has a bit of a history with many of them using non rechargeable batteries and fake, reject or unconnected solar panels. So take a gamble. Is this one real or fake? The listing this one came from is:- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262864366308 Spoiler below:- The flashlight is a good source of parts like the small solar panel that puts out useful current, and the LIR2032 rechargeable lithium button cell with tags. The solar panel puts out a surprising 8V open circuit and 20mA short circuit when tested against the front of a 20W LED floodlight. The PCB is glued to the solar panel and may damage it if removed, so probably better left on, even if the components have to be removed to make it flatter. 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 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gd9n_-WXKU

Right after AvE tore into a big purple one, this randomly arrived through the post. So here's a teardown and trivia on these pussy pounding lady-toys. (And probably man-toys too these days.) Note the modest PCB isolation between the mains and low voltage side that is completely nulled by the unpopulated surface mount component position. I can only guess it was an optimistic alternative position for a cheaper suppression cap option. For internal use I'd recommend the unit be inserted into a huge dielectric rubber gauntlet before insertion. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and violent adult toys for disassembly at:- http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKQmBWTRnw

I'm not sure what to make of this. It's technically intriguing but I'm struggling to work out its purpose other than possibly being for running older plug-in power supplies for equipment that doesn't use a standard USB style connector. The device also has a very badly implemented USB port that is powered from a small linear regulator that is going to struggle at anything more than a few tens of milliamps on 12V and less on 24V. The mains socket on the front actually puts out DC at a voltage that floats between about 90V to 200V+, so is only suited to universal switchmode power supplies that already convert the incoming mains to DC. It won't drive a capacitive dropper style lamp or an adaptor with a traditional transformer. A particular oddity about the high voltage section is that it has a 100K resistor and LED across the main smoothing capacitor that can see in excess of 200V. It may be doubling up as a crude regulation load to stop the voltage peaking too high and also to help rapidly discharge the capacitor when the power is turned off. But the eighth watt resistor will be dissipating almost half a watt on a light load and will probably smoke quite quickly. If you enjoy this channel you can help support it with a dollar for coffee, cookies and questionable electronic devices at https://www.patreon.com/bigclive ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3A2H0Z5j_w

It's over a year since I made a video about the new flame lamp effect that was appearing on the market. It's evolved in an interesting manner. Better visual effect and a modular approach that allows adaptation to battery operation. The circuitry has been simplified too and has quite a neat trick to allow the driving of 99 LEDs from a low pin count processor. 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 advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLBHCS_hrRU