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Electrical engineer here. What is hard about these? For a few dollars I can convert 120v to whatever I want. Sell a different version to Europe
by helpPeople 7y ago
Electrical engineer here.
What is hard about these?
For a few dollars I can convert 120v to whatever I want.
Sell a different version to Europe
- Itsdijital 7y agoI think it's the cost. You can make a cheap driver off 120V that looks like shit and has terrible thermals. A solid driver with good filtering and good thermal characteristics is expensive. So you're left with a $15 LED bulb that sits on a shelf next to $5 bulbs, selling to customers who see nothing other than two LED bulbs where one is grossly overpriced for no reason they can comprehend
- helpPeople 7y agoSell on their website? They get traffic
- nicoburns 7y agoAs a software developer, the fact that I even have to build custom electrical hardware is a significant barrier. The fact that this hardware runs at 120v (or 240v in my case) makes it the barrier higher as there's now a chance that making mistakes might kill me. Additionally, the high power levels mean that adequate cooling is needed, and as a non-expert it's hard for me to know whether I've done that correctly.