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EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« on: July 12, 2015, 12:41:58 am »
A follow-up to the previous video checking if there are any noise issues with the new lab LED panel lights.
And a noise comparison with the old LED lights.
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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 01:32:55 am »
Was the noisy plug-pack identical to the other non-noisy ones?

Maybe do a tear down of a good one and the bad one and compare the two and do a post-mortem?
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 05:22:11 am »
+1 for the teadown and further investigation. Please show us the indside of this device.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 07:14:20 am »
+1 for the teadown and further investigation. Please show us the indside of this device.

Yeah I was hoping for that too.

Being a Chinese POS, I wonder if it's just a fault of assembly (part not soldered correctly) or something more sinister, like parts entirely left our.  I'm very curious to see.
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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 11:27:46 am »
More likely the caps inside were the low end of the curve on lifetime and simply failed faster than the rest. You probably would find all are leaking and popped, while the others are also losing the fight and just held on for longer.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2015, 11:41:47 am »
You get what you pay for. No need for that kind of language though.

I'll use whatever language I like.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2015, 05:54:10 pm »
+1 for the teadown and further investigation. Please show us the indside of this device.

+2.  Have Dave2 fish it out of the trash and lets find out why its different than the others.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2015, 07:06:02 pm »
+1 for the teadown and further investigation. Please show us the indside of this device.
+2.  Have Dave2 fish it out of the trash and lets find out why its different than the others.
+3 Please make a follow-up video showing us the insides of that crappy power supply. This should be very educational of how not to build a power supply.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2015, 07:17:08 pm »
Yep I'd say, let's see what is needed to fix the noise. I'd guess its poor caps, but would be educational I'd think.

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EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2015, 07:27:10 pm »
Mhm, a post mortem would be very interesting. :D
« Last Edit: July 12, 2015, 08:19:10 pm by apis »
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2015, 09:08:01 pm »
You get what you pay for. No need for that kind of language though.

It was hardly terrible language, are you American by any chance?

BTW. is your sig supposed to be ironic or did you just get it wrong?
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2015, 09:09:43 pm »
My guess would be the output capacitor on the PSU has gone low capacitance and/or high ESR.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2015, 02:00:04 am »
You get what you pay for. No need for that kind of language though.

It was hardly terrible language, are you American by any chance?

BTW. is your sig supposed to be ironic or did you just get it wrong?
mojo-chan seems to live in the UK but has spent a lot of time in Japan, but then uses US terms and politics a fair bit. Educated in the US perhaps?
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2015, 03:00:50 am »
Since the PS ended up in a wok, will there be a cook off ?  I just love cook offs, but I suggest do it outside because of the fumes.  Wasn't it an Australian who ate a bicycle (I wonder if he is still alive)?  If so a PS should be no problem for an Aussie especially if it is cooked in a wok.  Go ahead Dave, eat it ha ha ha.
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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2015, 03:11:48 am »
PS remedies

- bury it
- hit it with a big hammer
- drive over it with a compactor
- find it a nice place to rest (land fill)

To be honest I don't really find the supply all that interesting.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2015, 09:33:33 am »
My guess would be the output capacitor on the PSU has gone low capacitance and/or high ESR.

Yup, 99% chance. That's why it's only a problem under load.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2015, 09:41:03 am »
You get what you pay for. No need for that kind of language though.

I'll use whatever language I like.

And I'll defend to the death your right to use it, even if you are a ******* ****.
« Last Edit: July 13, 2015, 09:51:40 am by EEVblog »
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2015, 09:58:43 am »
BTW. is your sig supposed to be ironic or did you just get it wrong?
No.
Yes you did.

You can argue all day over the definition of "kilo" (and nobody will change their mind).

"kibi", OTOH, is always 1024. The "bi" part of "kibi" was invented for that purpose.

 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2015, 11:48:38 am »
BTW. is your sig supposed to be ironic or did you just get it wrong?
No.
Yes you did.

You can argue all day over the definition of "kilo" (and nobody will change their mind).

"kibi", OTOH, is always 1024. The "bi" part of "kibi" was invented for that purpose.

Please don't feed mojo-troll.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2015, 03:36:00 pm »
Dave, why did you use an oscilloscope rather than a spectrum analyzer to look for interference from the switching power supplies? When looking for unintentional radiation isn't it quite possible that it could be limited to specific frequencies at relatively high levels while still having relatively low levels of broadband radiation?
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2015, 05:49:45 pm »
+1 for the spectrm analyzer, or, at least, the FFT mode of the scope...

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If it were easier a vast amount of stuff could be saved from landfill.
If it were easier, a lot of people would get shocked by primary caps, and would repair dodgily the broken secondary wires (and some people really solder badly, which would endanger the class II isolation...

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Basically hit the side with a hammer, shatter the glue.
it's not glue. it's laser or ultrasonically welded. I prefer to "gently" pop it open by deforming one half with a bench vise. Does not look good after that, but it'S far less messy...

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2015, 05:51:54 pm »
+1 for the spectrm analyzer, or, at least, the FFT mode of the scope...

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If it were easier a vast amount of stuff could be saved from landfill.
If it were easier, a lot of people would get shocked by primary caps, and would repair dodgily the broken secondary wires (and some people really solder badly, which would endanger the class II isolation...

Quote
Basically hit the side with a hammer, shatter the glue.
it's not glue. it's laser or ultrasonically welded. I prefer to "gently" pop it open by deforming one half with a bench vise. Does not look good after that, but it'S far less messy...

Padding with leather or thin pieces of wood helps with the pretty problem. If you can avoid actually marring the surface, the shape is rarely affected.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2015, 08:38:01 pm »
Dave, why did you use an oscilloscope rather than a spectrum analyzer to look for interference from the switching power supplies?
It was the first instrument available that could still show the issue during a quick video shooting?
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2015, 09:06:39 pm »
+1 for a teardown of the bad power supply.

Must not be the ESR of the caps. Another possibility is that they forgot to install the Y-cap connecting primary and secondary.
 

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Re: EEVblog #765 - LED Panel Lighting Switching Noise
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2015, 09:56:16 pm »
Please don't feed mojo-troll.

Please don't troll/stalk me.

I am doing neither, but it's nice you think you're special.
 


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