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Review on πŸ”† 10x Super Bright 921 194 T10 LED Bulb: Pure White 12V 24-SMD Wedge Lamp - Ideal for Boat, 5th Wheel, RV Trailer Camper Interior Light (Pack of 10) by Brad Knierim

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Worked well for making a Halloween strobe light

I bought this to hook up to a strobe circuit I was designing to add to my smoke machine in my haunted porch decoration for Halloween. This lamp uses a PT4115 driver in a SOT89-5 surface mount package. Pin 3 is a PWM/dimmer that is internally connected to Vin via a 200 kΞ© pull-up resistor. I soldered a piece of 30 gauge winding wire to the pin and then to a 2.54mm jumper to connect it to my circuit through a 10K resistor. The results were excellent: an almost instantaneous burst of bright white light with no noticeable switching artifacts. The power is rectified and the circuit is protected by a pair of Schottky diodes (SS14) and I didn't get good results until Vin was above 9V, which I got with 3 LiFePO4 14430 batteries (9.6V total). that could work with strobe all the time. Night.

Pros
  • Easy installation
Cons
  • Ugly packaging