Usually, when spotlights fail, people simply throw them away. But in vain!
In this review, the author shows how to repair a spotlight with your own hands. Of the two non-workers we will make one worker.
To repair a spotlight at home - everyone can do it. And most importantly, you can do this using the tools available to everyone.
We recommend reading: how to make a body for a pendant LED lamp with your own hands.
First of all, it is necessary to take two inoperative lamps and remove the diffusers from them. This can be done with a flat screwdriver and a clerical knife.
Note information
One of the most common causes of malfunctioning LED lights is the burnout of LEDs.
This defect is very easy to detect - by a black dot on the surface of the LED.
First you need to remove the non-working LEDs, and then we will use one of the fixtures as a donor.
Moreover, it can be used to repair several LED lamps, depending on how many working ("live") LEDs are in it.
The main stages of work
The main problem when repairing LED lights at home is how to solder and solder the LEDs.
For this, the author suggests making a simple device, or rather, a nozzle for an electric soldering iron.
To make a homemade nozzle, you will need a copper wire with a cross section of 1.5 mm2.
We wind the wire onto the soldering iron tip so that its ends are parallel to each other. Look at the photo below.
We recommend reading: how to make a soldering iron tip for soldering plastic.
At the next stage, we warm up the contact points of the LEDs, after which we pull out the LEDs with tweezers.
When installing a working LED, you need to take care not to reverse the polarity.
We put the LED in its "seat" place, warm the contacts with an electric soldering iron with a homemade nozzle, and you're done.
In the end, it remains only to carefully remove the old sealant, apply a new one and reinstall the diffuser.
To repair one lamp, it will take 5-10 minutes, while you save about 200-300 rubles.
In detail about how to repair a spotlight LED lamp with your own hands, we recommend that you watch in the video on our website.
