bigclive Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 This new style of flame effect lamp is perfect for theatrical applications. I got a sample from the manufacturer and made a teardown video of it:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D8lmgxRqf8 OK, they did go berserk and made me take it down, but then decided I could put it back up again... The most notable feature for TV and film use is that the display panel is direct drive and not multiplexed. Power consumption in flame mode is a mere 2.5W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Thanks Clive for an excellent video. Over 21,000 views in 24 hours! It might be a bit more useful in theatre if it always woke up in a particular mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleah Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 This is their official Amazon link for sales - two reviews, only one star each! :o I wonder if they are just trolls though.... There's also these Junolux, so who's copied who? ** laughs out loud ** :** laughs out loud **: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik10_4 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Interesting that both the reviewers on Amazon have not reviewed anything else ever....so trolls/'the competition' gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Haven't had time to watch the video in full yet, but presume it won't react well to being attached to a dimmer? I did spot on the manufacturer's website a mention of DMX, but can't seem to find them anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRW Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Must say I was rather disappointed Clive! I was waiting for the real flame effect! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philis Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I thought this would be good in the Panto fire is there any way to force the flame effect mode every time it is turned on the other two modes would look very odd!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrV Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I thought this would be good in the Panto fire is there any way to force the flame effect mode every time it is turned on the other two modes would look very odd!! PhilBased on Clive's excellent analysis I would expect that tying that third, reference wire to either +5 or 0v would stop it detecting a powerdown in time to write into its NVRAM. You would have to get it into the right mode first of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 The multi-mode function is really annoying because it seems a bit quirky. If you have the flame effect running and turn the light off and leave it for a minute or so it still sometimes bumps into the next mode when turned on again. I think there's a good chance that feature will be removed in a future version. Especially given that the maximum thermal stress on the lamp is when it is in fully lit mode. At just 2.5W when in flame mode it probably wouldn't even need the aluminium core for dissipation if they did get rid of the constant mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 A flat panel version would make a really nice fireplace effect. An off the shelf DC powered version would be nice too, although if they did one that was constantly in flicker mode you could probably bodge a battery supply easily enough to it. That'd be great for hand held flaming torches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I've recently been asked to make some flaming torches for something next year. I'll defiantly keep an eye on this, it looks very promising... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xllx Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Haven't had time to watch the video in full yet Anyone else watch this video, then another, then just one more and then realise that most of the morning had dissapeared? Or was that just me? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Happens every time I watch one of Clive's videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTABID Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm extremely interested in this for a production of Great Expectations next October, and so should be very grateful if contributors would flag up any developments or DIY modifications that emerge over the coming year.Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Occurs to me that for theatre use, one could replace the control PCB and power supply with a new board that is a plug-in replacement for the board in there now, and have an external DC supply and DMX feed. Its very nice that the standard board has sockets that the LED board plugs into. The hard bit is the lovely bent flexible LED surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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