This project is 3 years old and started off when I wanted a cheap, low power consuming light source for our house which would be kept switched on throughout night. From then this has been working without a trouble for more than 8032 hours undeterred !!
For implementation i had recycled a left over Pringles chips box, a burnt CFL bulb, a meter of LED strip and a 230V to 12V convertor that i had scrapped from an earlier broken equipment to create this LED bulb that will consume only 6W and yet produce the lumens comparative to a normal CFL.
The steps would be as follows,
The fact that keeps me wondering is how did this bulb created from just recycled materials last for 3 years while being switched on for 8 hours every single day. That means it has been working for 1004 days or 8032 hours or 481920 minutes or 28915200 seconds !!.
What makes this even more astonishing is i had to change the CFL two times in the neighboring room which was used for similar durations during this time period while this stands rock solid.
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