British neon night light and the curse of the box-tickers
When I was young I bought a few of this style of plug-in night light. They were very simple inside. Just two neon lamps with a resistor in series. I modified some with different colours of neon lamps.
I recently spotted identical looking lights and bought one to see if they had changed. They have, and not in a good way. At some point a huge BS 1362 fuse has been added to the design, which blocks out half the light from the neons.
I don't think it's needed, but there's a good chance that to comply with the increasingly officious British Standards it was required to make the unit "compliant".
I get the feeling that this is yet another example of safety going too far and impairing the functionality of a product to tick a box.
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I recently spotted identical looking lights and bought one to see if they had changed. They have, and not in a good way. At some point a huge BS 1362 fuse has been added to the design, which blocks out half the light from the neons.
I don't think it's needed, but there's a good chance that to comply with the increasingly officious British Standards it was required to make the unit "compliant".
I get the feeling that this is yet another example of safety going too far and impairing the functionality of a product to tick a box.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
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