Re:The Invisible Light That's Harming Our Health
by dotancohen on Thursday June 19, 2025 @04:25AM
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On older LEDs you could replace the caps, but newer ones use SMT caps that require more than just a soldering iron. It makes a huge difference, and also eliminates the slight delay when switching the lamp on (though I don't recall experiencing this with recent LED lamps, even cheap ones).
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Re:The Invisible Light That's Harming Our Health
by jalk on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:06AM
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searched for images of "LED bulb teardown", the SMT components are not that tiny, so quite possible to solder with a regular iron. Am I missing something?
Re:The Invisible Light That's Harming Our Health
by Workaccount2 on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:29AM
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Really the worst part is that the bulbs are usually glued/ultrasonice welded, together, so you kind of have to destroy it to open it up.
Re:The Invisible Light That's Harming Our Health
by dotancohen on Sunday June 22, 2025 @02:29AM
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You can cut them open with box cutters. You don't even have to glue them shut, just cut 270° and seal with electrical tape after. Ali Express has white electrical tape if you prefer.