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Those garden lamps are chineeze crap. They last max. 2 Years.

Bad quality and quality control? From the Far East? Shirley, you jest.

I am a Taiwanese ham fan and I just bought a second-hand RS-35A at the flea market. I would like to ask you, can this machine be equipped with a cooling fan, a DC15V voltmeter, and a DC30A ammeter? 73! bye.

Cool video Mr. C. Really not much to these little solar lamps. Thanks for the tutorial. 💡

I was asking myself the same question when you were DE soldering the driver chip. Why not just swap out the boards? Then I realized the old board wouldn't be held in place by the little towers and you'd have to spend time re-engineering the mount. So everything worked out great. Fun video. I love fixing stuff like this.

I once fixed an RCA CW-20 microwave system oscillator that had the same problem from the factory. They painted every connection after it was soldered, but they missed one. It was in service for 20 years before I was sent to fix it for the last time, every so often the whole system would crash because of the intermittent circuit. They later replaced all the old tube equipment with transistorized which was a big improvement. WA7VQR

When buying things today, I feel lucky when I get enough parts to make it work myself.

China's best.

I've never had any solar lights that worked more than a month or so.

Jolly good job. I have had some of these that had similar issues. Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. בס'ד

5252F = QX5252F = 0116 = cl0116 similar to ANA618

The dim light is for mounting against the house near a door so no bugs get attracted.

I laughed out loud at myself and here is why. When you used the close-up lens and started soldering, I moved my face to about one foot to my laptop screen. As you finished the soldering joints on the LED I blew a puff of air at it. LOL Now that tells you how engrossing your videos are when I think I'm holding the soldering iron. Thank you for sharing your passion for electronics.

Pwhaabem is Sum One Dim only get 2 bowls of rice a week and no care about sodder job.

Thanks, that was a fun little video!

NOMA used to be made in Canada. Not anymore.

Noma should be No work. There Christmas lights are trash. Not surprised the rest of their products don't work either.

Isn’t this a serious problem in our world of cheap tech? This is just like what I used to have to do when buying Tools from Harbor Freight. With buying those cheap Grinders. I would bring the Tool home and have to disassemble it and pack Grease into the moving Gears so the damned thing wouldn’t burn out. But after doing this for a while I knew, I could buy these Tools and save money in the long run.😅 Thanks for sharing your finds in the cheap tech world. By the way. Who were these items bought from? 😢

If it ain't made in Scotland, it's crap.

I would guess everyone has some sort of bad solder connection

And yellow wire is burned as well

How about checking the real cheap batteries they put in them...nickel metal hydrated or real cheap ni cad

Epoxy Works Good Too

You should have given those last three lights a really good SHAKE! 😃

Thatone That's Realy Dim It Probly Needs A New Rechargeable Battery

Baking soda sprinkled on the super glue is my go to, but be very careful with it because it burns if you get it on your skin. I think it slightly melts the plastic.

You should try baking soda with super glue, it gets hard as the plastic.

there is no word in Chinese Language for " Quality " 😂 🇨🇦🤓🤟

This was one of my favorite videos to watch!

That was an Enlightening Episode !! 👍 🇨🇦🤓🤟

So much like the videos Big Clive was making back in the day! Those 4-pin solar light boost chips have been around for quite some time. If the canopies on those lamps are HDPE (the plastic in Jerry cans) there's no reason CA glue wouldn't key onto the texture of a break enough for you to get the lamp back together. You should, of course, consider any CA repair imminently frangible.

That Dim one is for a Dim Sum Restaurant !! 😂 🇨🇦🤓🤟

jerry can's glue with pvc cement

Your next project, design a new improved LED system.😁

Chi-nah

All I've ever found super glue to be good for is sticking your fingers together. As far as the lights not working new right out of the box? Well made in China so no QC.

I've found that the "J-B Weld 50139 Plastic Bonder Body Panel Adhesive and Gap Filler" works very well even on the plastic jerry cans and other rubbery type plastics.

Well, amazing as Paul can even do a very interesting video with a simple 4 component pcb. Well done. 73 from CT9 territory 😂

I suspect that wire is the finest copper-plated aluminum.

Just classic China garbage.

BigClive would likely suggest using some fingernail varnish to waterproof the PCB to make it last longer.

Looks like the same PCB used in the Dollar store lights that I sprinkle in the yard, that seem to last several seasons. I think corrosion and battery failure usually gets them, new lights are cheaper than new batteries. I did come across the spec sheet online for the solar light IC once, you would get more out of it than I did. I don't really expect much QC on items in this price range. I think all these products are lucky to get a second look by the assembler before the screws go in. Thanks for taking us inside, I enjoyed it.

Wow! Talk about built down to a price!. 🤣

Was surprised he didn't decide to re-engineer the device by adding a mini solar charger controller and a rechargeable lithium battery to keep from replacing the AA battery all the time.

Lack of quality from a Chinese made product? Never!

Mass produced in a country far, far away. No sample testing. I can't imagine someone getting a box that does not have a faulty unit. On the bright (LOL) side, it's fun to trouble shoot even the simplest electronic devices. Well done.

Thanks Paul... This was fun...

Taking ROHS to the extreme.

A Bad quality control issue becomes a big landfill issue. DON'T BUT CHINA-MADE GARBAGE

for a new battery 1.35 is very low. i get 1.6 from most new batteries. And 1.7 from lithium cells