Today we fix a very sad solar light that has failed. Let’s improve it as well… It pretty much can’t be more broken than 1 intermittent ball.
We bought this LED Solar light last spring because they looked cool. BTW they are NOT wind chimes, they are 100% plastic so no noise… The reviews on them are absolutely horrible. The quality is also absolutely horrible.
Ours did wait until August before the first ball quit, but by the time March came around, only 1 ball was left lighting.
In my case, the leads on the LED’s were exposed to the rain and they all rusted off.
If you have one of these and the balls still work, I highly suggest you take it apart and put some Goop on the leads and maybe it will work for a while. If you have bulbs that are not functioning, see the video on how to replace them. You will need a soldering iron.
I suspect all these balls and birds and angels and butterflies and dragon flies are all made the same, so if you are not handy and want it to last more that a month or 2, you r experience will be disappointing.
The hundreds of angry Amazon Customer Reviews will attest to that.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Show the Guts
03:30 Autopsy of the Failure Mode
06:00 LED Repair / Replacement
10:10 Goop Insulation
12:14 Repair the Other 5 in FF
13:38 Results!
Episode: 080
Video related links:
Buy these on Amazon: (The reviews are all horrible and true, BTW…)
https://www.amazon.com/Remon-Color-Changing-Waterproof-Festival-Decoration/dp/B088TGGDWL?tag=drzzs0e-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BXN15YX?tag=drzzs0e-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084JQYDJ4?tag=drzzs0e-20&th=1
Buy replacement LED’s
SLOW: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C19ENH8?tag=drzzs0e-20
FAST: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C19ENE6?tag=drzzs0e-20
Buy Goop / E6000
Goop: https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-GOOP-130012-Household-Adhesive/dp/B0000A605I?tag=drzzs0e-20
E6000: https://www.amazon.com/E6000-5510310-Craft-Adhesive-Mini/dp/B00CB3BZBW?tag=drzzs0e-20
Review of my Soldering Irons:
https://whatarewefixing.today/1053/pinecil-64-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/
https://whatarewefixing.today/616/low-cost-smd-soldering-station-model-8586-unboxing-and-set-up/
Review of my Fanttik Screwdriver:
https://whatarewefixing.today/893/fanttik-screwdriver-cheap-wow-stick-alternative/
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