LED lighting can significantly reduce energy costs. LED lamps have a number of advantages compared to conventional or energy-saving incandescent lamps. If the necessary materials are available, such a lighting source can be assembled independently.
Advantages of LED lamps and disadvantages
Due to its many advantages, LEDs have long been quite popular. By installing such lighting in the house, you can not only save significantly on electricity, but also protect your health.
If we make a comparison of LED lamps with popular analogues, then they differ:
- Weak heat.
- Lower energy consumption (LED lamps are powered by the mains) and the absence of ultraviolet radiation.
- Long service life exceeding 10 years.
- Light weight.
- Quickly warm up (in almost a second).
- Environmentally friendly.
The only drawback of such lamps is their price, which is much higher than the cost of popular analogues.
DIY 220V LED lamp
Having some knowledge of electrical engineering, such a lighting device can be made independently without using sophisticated equipment. DIY lamp assembled on 220V can save on the purchase of lighting devices.
Make or buy?
LED lamp is the best solution for lighting the room. But what to do better: purchase ready-made models or make them yourself? Let's look at the pros of both sides.
Advantages of homemade LED lamps
- This method of obtaining LED lighting is the cheapest.
- A simple assembly scheme allows you to do this work yourself, even for beginners.
- If the assembly is done correctly with your own hands, the efficiency of the glow will not be inferior to devices of factory production in any way.
- For a homemade LED lamp to work, you need a voltage of 220 V. As you know, there is absolutely no problem with this.
Why are purchased products better?
- Product Quality Assurance. But this is only provided that the products of trusted manufacturers are bought.
- Longer service life, several times superior to conventional incandescent bulbs.
- High-quality lighting of the room.
- Warranty from the manufacturer. There are manufacturers who return money for a light bulb or exchange it for a new one in case of a malfunction or a factory defect.
But you need to understand that a purchased LED bulb will cost much more than a self-made one. So, the choice is yours. Next, consider how to make a full-fledged 220V LED lamp with your own hands.
How to make an LED lamp from an energy-saving light bulb
The procedure for the manufacture of such a device by specialists may take no more than an hour if there is a pre-prepared board. A homemade 220-volt LED lamp will last quite a long time.
To work, you need to purchase the following details:
- An ordinary energy-saving lamp (a blown lamp will do).
- For mounting diodes, fiberglass is required.
- Salt and copper sulfate.
- A set of radio components needed for the circuit.
A circle having a small diameter is cut out of fiberglass (a diameter of 30 mm is perfect). For applying to the future circuit of the track, the most ordinary female nail polish can be used. In order to bleed the board, it must be placed in a solution with sodium chloride and vitriol. Its consistency should be made up in the following proportion: table salt - two tablespoons, vitriol - one spoon. All components must be poured with hot water, thoroughly mixed and placed in the resulting composition of the future board. Most often, one day is enough for all the copper to come off the board. Only the varnished area will remain.
Using solvent, remove remaining varnish. Then holes for radio elements are made in the board. You must first get it halfway. Now that all the preparatory work is completed, you can begin to perform the final soldering.
Carefully disassemble the old lamp. Then you need to remove all existing entrails. Remember to leave only two wires soldered to the lamp base. After disconnecting all the insides, the circuit is soldered to two wires. To fix the board inside the plastic lamp housing, hot melt adhesive is used.
Making a LED lamp from a fluorescent light bulb
Consider how to make a lamp using a fluorescent light bulb. The principle of its manufacture is somewhat similar to that described above. Only here will a fluorescent lamp and cut parts of the LED strip be used. A DIY 220V LED lamp will please you with a long working time and pleasant light. It can be installed in any room and in any lamp.
For work, stock up on the following details:
- The remaining lamp diodes.
- Capacitor.
- Electrolytic capacitor.
- Four pieces of LED strip.
From the burnt fluorescent lamp, you must remove all the insides, except for the fuse. Then it is necessary to cut the prepared LED strip, which is produced so that it can be divided into equal parts of 12 V. It should turn out pieces consisting of three LEDs. Cut pieces should be connected in series.
Parts of the LED strip are attached so that the extension of the base is obtained. To do this, it is better to use a foam board, well amenable to grinding. You can easily attach a diode tape to it with glue. To create an attractive design of such a device, you can align all the flaws using liquid nails. After drying, only diodes will peek out.
So, this article examined how to make a lamp with your own hands. If you perform the process correctly, following the instructions, the device will last you many years.