I had some DealExtreme credits, so for shits and giggles I ordered some LED ceiling lights. I wanted to replace our halogen bulbs, but I couldn't find any modules with the same hole size, except
these ones on DealExtreme.
Yep, looks like a good amount of propaganda on the box. They actually look quite nice. It's all (paper thin) aluminium. They weigh almost nothing, the entire package (6 units) is 360 gram according to DX.
Pinnacle of engineering, this separate LED driver. Notice the fake screw heads. Literally no attempt was made to hold the wires or the circuit board in place. I know where these modules will go, and it won't be my ceiling.
Dark Energy. Interesting name for an incendiary device.
Chip is a
BP9021a. Interesting to see how little external components it needs. Note the fusible trace on the mains live.
The LED board itself, just 6x 0.5W emitters. The housing works reasonably well as a heatsink.
Those drivers are obviously landfill material, but the rest looks ok. If the LEDs turn out to be shit it should be easy enough to wire a new emitter in.