I vote for more outdoor filming. Loved the birds chirping in the background, kitties, lighting. Really awesome :)

"This is a standard LED power supply, and this is a gin and tonic. The two go along very well together" - Another Clive classic!!! Also, the thumbnail photo for this video with Clive holding the illuminated LED lamp between the two doorways is awesome.

"Hold on, I'm just getting invaded by China" *Hahaha you worded that well clive!!*

Random cattage is always a good thing to add value to a video!

Very interesting, thanks Clive! As for being restricted, I don't understand that at all. This channel is all good wholesome stuff - live mains, reverse engineering, power tools, explosives, sex toy teardowns, bootleg alcohol, flammable children's toy modifications... fun for all the family!

Cats and LEDs in the video, big beard in the poster frame - clearly this is an awesome video. ;)

Yay Kitties :D Nice salvage job on the light as well.

I need that "one moment please" function in my life. When I have to do dull stuff without wanting to be present. Just "one moment please", and it's done.

I can't imagine what your storage areas must look like. A true treasure trove of bits bobbles and testing tools.

I've been servicing emergency lighting for nigh on twenty years. When the switch was made from floro to LED everyone was suggesting the work would dry up since 'LED's last for ages'. I disagreed. While LEDs themselves can in fact last a very long time, cheaply made SMPS units do not, and in fact I've replaced more fittings that have been in service for months as opposed to years than I ever did. In almost all cases it's the driver that has failed.

I've always wondered how those inductive current meters can be so accurate. I can understand an inline current meter, but the accuracy of these inductive ones always amazes me. Maybe you could tear down one of them one day.

Wow. It has a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!!!

Clive, I put my standard LED power supply into a large glass of gin and tonic - as per your recommendation, and applied power. What happened next can best be described as a very loud buzzing sound, a bit of smoke, some violent bubbling, and a wispy greenish brown color appearing in my beverage. The flavor was a bit strong afterwards, I must say. I hope I haven't done anything wrong... when the breaker trips it means it's finished, right?

love the outside supervisors with the extra helping paws. very interesting with the great filtering set up for the LED group. especially helpful as a massive heat sink to keep things cool.

I am pretty good with my self-taught knowledge of electricity/circuitry, your videos are quickly improving me on becoming more advanced. Thank you for this channel!

Excellent upload Big Clive. This is 101 on fault finding. Looking for the obvious fault(s) first is always best. You halved the fault first then quartered it. Water in light fittings is the second biggest enemy after heat.

Lovely video, not only I enjoyed the "usual" BigClive treatment, but also the birds & cats. Thank you very much!

That heat sink brought back bad memories of stinky selenium rectifiers. Beautiful kitty's, the stray/rescues seem to make the best friends.

Cat and electronic video = the best content. Satisfying recovery of high quality industrial unit.

That thumbnail for this video was delightful.

Man the only thing better than a Clive video is one featuring special guests!

just want to say thank you sir I've been enjoying your videos off and on over the past couple years so you've got a couple hundred dollar light for free because somebody just junk it amazing what companies throw away....

I love this format, with the outdoors and what no, I don't know why, just enjoyed it more than I would've thought.

curious as to how many people are interested in this content. or, is it clive's soothing voice and subtle humor. personally i love them both. thanks clive, keep it up!

Nice change of setting and hats off to the moggies! Also, what an enormous calculator!

The explicit “Bob Ross” of electronic dissection. Really enjoy watching!

Your videos always inspire me to take stuff to bits and figure out how to make it better! I'd love to find one of these and make an awesome overhead lamp too!

Ya can’t not love big Clive. Ain’t no wonder why he’s got near half a million subs. I bet him and Mr Carlson’s lab would get along swimmingly.

Interesting video Clive. I love the two super cute garden tigers. I've found that, over the years, strategically located drain holes and a little ventilation if possible tends to be, if not perfect, the best form of 'waterproofing'. I nice fitting. I hope the others weren't all scrapped.

i dont know anything about electronics your voice is just so soothing

The kitties added a nice touch to the video. Would love to see more cameos with them.

It was really nice to see some outside action, reminds me of spring/summer mornings in ontairo with all the sounds.

Nice, I respect this guy to the max!!! :-) Thank you for your critical thinking skills, and time spent mastering your subject content. If only more people had your drive to excellence. People like you make the world continue. Keep them coming, I can't wait to see what's next!!! I have no schooling in electronics, though I love learning how this shit works!!! I see this as problem solving at it's best. You are improving my mind, and I am grateful!!!

good find Clive, that's going to be an excellent work lamp

Good quality NiCd's can give a lot of current. I remember when I stuck one to my pocket with keys :) I also did something similar by holding something conducting and a C-cell in same hand, I got a burn mark on a finger instantly. Learned the lesson after that.

FYI, most LED lights sold by Home Depot for residential use have that typical spacing on aluminum. I have put up ones in bathrooms and hallways. What amazed me is after the diffuser is on you have no idea its multiple LEDs.

Fantastic Video Clive. Very Cool. Keep up the great work. Nick.

Awesome video and congrats on the salvage!

What cute kitties and a wonderful light, looks like warm white!

"Let's open this unit up and have-a-look inside.." is always my favorite part of the show.

Wish you could teach me all you know 🙁 you are so knowledgeable what a legend. Thanks for the vid

Cat's know a good person! You are blessed.

nice save and informative video. loved the outside part and the cats. those would make fantastic vegging lights.

I want one for the shed so bad. What a great win. Priced up something ROUGHLY that, and yeah... way more than $0. Heading to the markets tomorrow to look for 'failed' parts!

Got the same thing in my garage on 3m of mains cable. So bloody useful!

Wow, those are good cats. I'd hug them.

I have been watching your videos to help learn more how LED lights work on AC etc. I didn't realise till the thumbnail you had a beard. Awesome by the way, I didn't expect that, granted I didn't know what I expected. Thanks for these videos this stuff is really fascinating to me.

Legend, and your voice is so soft, top man

Oh hey I just noticed, you're damn near at 600,000 subs! According to KZfaq, you're at 599k so early congratulations at 600k man, keep up the good work!

I see that you are getting close to 250k subscribers, Clive. I hope that you do a give away, and I think we all want the same thing!

love your videos. glad you post so regularly. also i may or may not have a hundred or so dollars in prototyping parts and none of my electronics are taken apart.

very nice to see it working again.

Well done Sir! excellent video!

We use fixtures very similar to these, minus the battery backup, in walk in cooler/freezer boxes where I work. They put out a quite respectable amount of light with a good room fill as well.

Not to mention the LEDs are warm-white, Clive's favorite.

Nice recovery clive :-D, looks very bright and plenty of leds to do the job. The ballast and controller didnt look cheap, decent quality for a change :-)

Hey mate, you would have to have the driest sense of humor and some of the best lines, regarding your projects that I've experienced. Great watching your videos.

Aww, I love the kitties!

Many years ago I powered a cheap "walkman" from sets of three salvaged industrial NiCds which I made up into leatherette packs which I hung off the carry strap - and unfortunately chose to use inline 3.5mm jack sockets which as I discovered were prone to shorting - once while I was being given a lift home by a colleague ... I felt things getting warm under my armpit and asked her to stop the car so I could tear the thing off and threw it onto some convenient waste ground... She was VERY understanding because one pack spontaneously exploded in the office while I was away . !!

love this type of vid, nice one Clive

Just go the notification of a new Clive vid. Must. Stop. Everything!

good work Clive. it's cooching as it should now.

Kitties and a 'purr'-supply. What's not to like?

Nice salvage and repair, that fitting looks a bit like a 2x18W explosion proof fitting that I have.

The cat had a tail! My perception of an island full of tail-less cats has been shattered!

Great vid Clive 😊😊

Thumbnail: Behold, Clive the LIght-Bringer!! ALL HAIL THE CLIVE!

At my old house there was a feral cat that used to just come and sit next to me when ever I was working in the garden. He didn't meow or indicate his presence at all, just sat their quietly waiting to be noticed....then there was tickles and catnip :)

Nice light, better with the wide spacing of led's. The driver sounding like it was arcing could have been due to the charger flickering and pulsing the driver, had similar in a fluro emergency light.

Clive was visited by the neighborhood District Manager

Nice catch

Oh wow. I need to find some 120v versions of these for my garage. One of my old fluorescent fixtures is crapping out on me.

thanks for this very interesting video.

I'm not sure what I would watch more, Big Clive Nature Documentaries or Electrical engineering Kitties

Cats love you! How sweet

I am in my mid 50s, and have had cats all through my life even as a child. It really upsets me to see stray cats like that. Someone, not necessarily you Clive, should bless these cats with a loving permanent indoor home. Tossing them food occasionally is just not enough. They deserve so much better.

Ads are annoying, but when I find content I like I'm annoyed that the ads are gone.

*so this is a standard LED power supply and this is a gin and tonic* that made me chuckle

@8:17 The reason there are no filter cap(s) on the HV end of that power supply is because these power supplies use a system called ILAPFC or "In Line Active Power Factor Correction". The Step-Down transformer also doubles as a kick-back inductor. They can get away with this because this is a Constant Current (CC) Power Supply as opposed to a Constant Voltage (CV) Power Supply.

I love that straight face older cats have its brilliant 😂

Such a safety light is ingenious for the workshop, if one triggers again the RCD or MCB. So at least you do not fall when you want to turn on again in the dark.

Hutchy - I wholeheartedly approve of the name!

Clive I feel like you should sell electronic hobby kits; but with a twist. Instead of selling parts to be assembled, you could sell things that don't work, with the parts to fix it, with two booklets. One booklet that walks you through fault detection and fixing, another that just gives a few hints (for the more experienced).

I have a sudden desire to write... Furst. Being invaded by China was my favourite part.

So funny. But so informative. Substantive

Never seen that kind of clamp meter before. Seems nice to measure current without breaking the circuit.

you always have great videos but i am giving 2 thumbs up for including the kitty cats!

They didnt have any more did they? Looking to make my own bench light... that is a beast!

random cattage always increases view and likes on a video

We replace elights for a past time as the supplys fail, however I have got one with 1 led element failed stopping the whole light from working.

That thumbnail looks awesome

Where can I get a couple of those?? I think they would work great as grow lights

Very nice cadmium finger-size battery :) - Big Clive's finger's size batteries 😀

Very interesting, I would have put it back to the original config after you got it all working for use when there was a power cut. What are your thoughts, Clive, on that?

Ha i've just brought that same clamp meter and a DMM to go along side it, great cheap stuff.

I wonder how expensive one of those is new. Or one without the emergency light function. Because i'm currently looking for new lights for my working bench.

I think Clive has lost some weight. looking good!

u put up a bunch of lithonia emergency led wraparound fixtures in an office building. i found a few that were wired up incorrectly and a few emergency drivers were bad and some went bang! not sure if that was due to being DOA or faulty factory wiring. expensive lights too. (this is in the us, but imported fixtures). is nicd really the best option? (considering charge circuit, battery longevity, cost of cells). wouldnt the nicd have a life of 3-7 years? whereas the lithium would have a life 5-15 years?

Cant believe youtube is giving you crap about restricted also. Guess they're the type that want warning labels on their coffee telling them its hot too. So stupid.

Where did u get this voice? U an angel or what?