In this video I rescue a cheap LED desk light from the thrift store and make it work the way it should work.
This Light was bought from a thrift store and looked pretty cool. I brought it home, popped some Eveready Max AA batteries into it and it worked a treat!
10 minutes later the batteries were dead… 🙁
So I decided to fix that. Since it used 3 1.5volt cells, (4.5 volts total) I knew that a USB Cable’s 5 volts would run it better than the batteries. I decided to put an old USB cable on it and NEVER put batteries into it again.
If this is something you are thinking about doing, you can watch me and do something similar.
I have another one of these, so I’m thinking of maybe putting a D1 Mini on the next one and give Home Assistant control of it thru Tasmota.
Stay Tuned……
00:00 WhatAreWeFixing.Today
04:00 Prep USB Cable
05:45 Drill Hole
06:35 Soldering with Stone Age Tools
10:12 The Final Test
Episode: 065
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