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Plug-in LED Night Light Lamp with Smart Light Sensor - US$0.50 (~AUD $0.68) @ Zapals

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Plug-in LED Night Light Lamp with Smart Light Sensor - US$0.50 (~AUD $0.68) @ Zapals
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MorriJ on 17/11/2017 - 13:10 zapals.com (2069 clicks)
Last edited 17/11/2017 - 13:32
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These are awesome for finding all the non-AU powerboards I have. I figure I will put on in each and wander around at night admiring my Xiaomi products.

Can only choose EU or US plug, I went US.

This LED Night Light is safely plugged in about any wall socket, and will provide a soft brightness for anywhere you need extra soft glow at night. You don't have to worry about tripping over anything in the dark or disturbing anyone from their slumber by turning on the lights. Life is easier than you imagine.

Built-in Smart Light Sensor
It will switch automatically according to the brightness of light environment, turn on at dusk and off at dawn.
Soft Brightness
Not too bright, not too dim. Allows you to get up at night, get some water or go to the toilet , without turning on any main lights.
Energy Saving
Saving money on energy and bulb replacement.
Pretty Safe
No need batteries and no heat from lamp, safe for use.
Wide Application

Perfectly suitable for anywhere you need extra soft glow at night, such as bedroom, baby’s room, Hallway, kitchen, bathroom, living room, stairwell and so on.

Specifications

US, EU
Color White
Voltage ≤36V
Light Source Power 110V-220V-0.5W
Lampshade Plastic
Plug Type
Product Size 6.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Package Contents 1 x LED Night Light

Electrical & Electronics Night Light

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  • sjq1122 on 17/11/2017 - 13:15
    +7

    Beware - not standard AU plugin

    • jv on 17/11/2017 - 13:21
      +5

      probably not standard AU safety either…

      • MorriJ on 17/11/2017 - 13:27
        +11

        According to the description it is "pretty safe".

        Not sure if a punctuation error, suspect it isn't.

        • jv on 17/11/2017 - 13:28
          +8

          "pretty safe"

          lol thanks, I feel assured now of this product's safety.

        • Scab on 17/11/2017 - 13:44
          +4

          @jv:

          Your assurance makes me feel assured.

        • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 14:40
          +3

          @Scab:
          Your sense of assurance just makes me worried now😱

          Wondered if anyone would risk posting this as a deal.

          Ordered 1 yesterday from their 2am email despite worrying "pretty safe" assurance, non au plug, & too low 220V upper voltage limit. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

        • dlovep on 17/11/2017 - 14:53

          @Scab: Buy 2, so in case the first one failed…

        • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 16:03
          +4

          @dlovep:
          OK. Ordered another house in case this one goes up in flames🔥🚒 😉

        • Scab on 17/11/2017 - 17:06
          +3

          @Infidel:

          That's the spirit.

      • HighAndDry on 17/11/2017 - 13:30

        I mean, how badly can you mess up "Light sensor + LED bulb"?

        • jorf on 17/11/2017 - 15:30
          +2
          • 240V.

          After seeing the results of a fire at work that was caused by a cheap powerboard ($2M+ damage), I don't buy things like this.

        • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 16:06
          +1

          Items like this are left on unattended 24/7. It is a small risk but possible huge consequences🔥

        • Russ on 17/11/2017 - 18:40
          +3

          @hcca:

          • 240V.

          In fact it's often quite a bit higher than that. The official Australian standard voltage is now 230V, but "+10%/-6%". So the mains voltage can be anywhere between 217V and 253V and still be "in spec".

          At my house, it's right on the upper limit, at 253V. The electricity companies sell more power and make more money when they keep the voltage high, so there's no incentive for them to use a lower voltage.

          So when you plug a 220V appliance into an Australian power point, 253V is 15% higher than it is expecting. It's a worry, I've pulled apart failed consumer electronics and found components that had no leeway in their ratings, like a 40V-rated cap with exactly 40V applied to it (Commodore Amiga "240V" power supply, transformer down to 40VDC, then a switchmode supply).

          Please take care if you want to measure the mains voltage at your house. Don't use a cheap multimeter. The plug-in power meters sold by Aldi and Jaycar will safely tell you the voltage, please use those if you have them. If you don't, I recommend you plug the multimeter leads into a disconnected power board, then plug the power board into the wall while keeping a good distance away from the multimeter leads. Electricity kills, it's VERY easy to make a mistake, even for experienced people.

        • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 19:18

          @Russ:
          Yes, mains is often over 250V at home, read on Jaycar etc meters. High number of solar installations that can push voltage up during day.

          The circuit is likely to be LDR, transistor, LEDs, and simple circuit to drop voltage to run that.

          May not be that voltage dependent, but may not last long on higher voltage here.

          But if overheats, let's hope plastic case is not flammable!

        • Russ on 17/11/2017 - 23:17

          @Infidel:

          Well it's the middle of the night now, dark outside, and I'm reading 248V. It's not just solar installations pushing up the voltage, it appears to be the policy of the electricity companies.

          It's not just the 15% overvoltage - for power-dissipating components, 15% overvoltage means 32% more power dissipated. So a one-watt resistor that dissipated 0.8 watts on a 220V supply, is now dissipating 1.056W, and won't last long.

          I have seen some "shockingly" bad designs. I had a Sansai-brand powerboard with an illuminated switch. After a year of use, the amber-coloured cap of the switch broke off, exposing the mains-connected leads of the miniature neon bulb that was just behind the cap. Needless to say, I immediately searched the house and got rid of all the other similar power boards. And that was bought in a bricks-and-mortar store in Australia, and had supposedly met Australian standards!

          I've also seen some electrical devices brought back to Australia from Vietnam. One used telephone wire for the mains wiring!

        • INFIDEL on 18/11/2017 - 05:47

          @Russ:
          Resistors overheating… found that with a few Aldi rechargeable torches that sit in charger base & act as motion sensors. When resistor in charger fails, it takes our several other components making them not worth repairing. Have a few sitting in repair pile but know I won't bother. So item is thrown out because a very inexpensive part fails after a year or so. Just poor design.

          Expect similar issue with this cheap nightlight. With time case may become brittle & easy to damage - exposing wires. Does not meet Australian standards.

          Faulty switches with exposed wires - ouch! Good idea to get rid of all of them. Who thought that was a good idea??

          Had a cheap adapter socket fail in spectacular shower of sparks. Was on holiday in Malaysia & bought cheap adapter there. Could have had a fire, so lucky it happened while I was in room & quickly killed power. Amazing how a piece of plastic, UK plug & Australian socket & 3 wires could be so poorly designed & dangerous. But could have been faulty socket it was plugged into.

          That's why I am very cautious about this extremely cheaply built nightlight💡

          Noticed discussion a while back in "Silicon Chip" mag, of high mains voltage due to solar installations & lack of regulation of output of inverters. A problem when the sun shines. But supply voltage is usually high at low demand times. As demand increases, voltage drops.

    • Clear on 17/11/2017 - 14:24

      Xiaomi power board will do it.

  • sky blu on 17/11/2017 - 13:41

    I have used a Blue one in the living room area for the past year. No problem whatsoever.

    • Scab on 17/11/2017 - 13:45
      +4

      Was it sky blu?

  • aargee on 17/11/2017 - 15:12
    +3

    Woo … plug in fire starter?

  • bargain crazy on 17/11/2017 - 15:14
    +5

    oh man.. I have been buying lot of cheap stuff from Zapals, lightinthebox etc…
    How are you guys keeping track of stuff, I started adding them in a note in phone, but now have to add one almost everyday…

    • MorriJ on 17/11/2017 - 15:46
      +3

      I thought about writing a webapp to track it all.

      Order number, product, price, tracking etc, keep it all in one place.

      Simple script to scrape confirmations etc and insert.

      Lot of effort though, not much reward - what's the cost if a package doesnt arrive? <$1AUD?

      • sky blu on 17/11/2017 - 15:52
        +1

        Do it. GearbestOzbargain supports you!

    • tebbybabes on 17/11/2017 - 15:58

      I have a notebook in Evernote just for online orders. Seems to work out just fine.

      It shows me when I ordered it, whom I ordered it from, and I update it to show when I actually receive the item.

    • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 16:36
      +2

      Automatically label the order confirmation email "ORDERS", possibly labelled separately by the different suppliers.
      When delivered, just mark as read or similar. Easy to see what is yet to arrive in 1 place, sorted by date order confirmed & shipping confirmed, without doing almost anything.
      Has worked well for years & I now usually receive many small packages a day.

      • Russ on 17/11/2017 - 18:46

        It's a good system, I do the same. But does that only work with Gmail? Are there any other free email providers that let you apply tags to your emails?

        • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 19:07
          +1

          I have used gmail too long to know. Easy to automatically tag emails, add star etc.

        • sav11 on 19/11/2017 - 00:38

          As per my comment below, how do you apply the filter accurately to make this work?

      • sav11 on 19/11/2017 - 00:37

        How do you apply the filter though? I've just been using a notes app on my phone, your system sounds a lot better. But I tried it, applied 'contains the words' and used 'Order' and it found a whole heap of non-order related emails as well as the order confirmations. How do you make the filter more accurate?

        • INFIDEL on 19/11/2017 - 10:27

          It's been quite a while since I set it up or updated filters in Gmail…

          Look at differences in emails from 1 supplier - set filter just for that supplier. Once working, go on to next supplier & new filter…

          Starting point is supplier email. Some use slightly different address for confirmation emails etc, so set that as main filter.
          eg [email protected] vs [email protected]
          Filtering based on [email protected] should be all that is needed to filter all Zapals orders under 1 label.

          Next level of filtering if needed: Suppliers use words like confirmation, etc to further filter. "Order" is too general to a lot of sales emails for filtering.
          eg Zapals: Shipment # 10050xxxx for Order # 1005xxxx
          eg Zapals: New Order # 100xxxxxx

          That way I set to filter & see separate labels under main label ORDERS, for each supplier eg ORDERS-Zapals or ORDERS-GB.

          So you're on the right track.

          I use a lot of filters - time to update. Too hard to view on phone - my only current source. Much easier on computer. If I had access I would post a few Filter examples.

    • lostn on 17/11/2017 - 17:38
      +1

      I have an excel spreadsheet for all the stuff on order with description, seller, order date, received date. I highlight it green when received. If it's been too long, I highlight red to remind me to follow up on it later.

      • sky blu on 17/11/2017 - 18:04

        That's leet mate!

        • lostn on 17/11/2017 - 21:22

          I get to be constantly reminded of my hall of shame. All the junk I order clogging up my house unused.

          The good thing is I can see everything I've bought, and with the date received (you can make it automatically enter today's date when you click the field) I can get an idea of roughly how long shipping takes for particular sellers. I have a field that automatically calculates how long it took to receive based on date difference.

        • sky blu on 17/11/2017 - 21:48

          @lostn:

          you can make it automatically enter today's date when you click the field

          Interesting? Is it "today" function?

          Another idea is conditional formating on the date received - row automatically highlighted, other calc fields triggered.

    • jastreb on 17/11/2017 - 20:03
      +1

      Google Keep. (https://www.google.com.au/keep/)

      Every time I buy something I make a note of it: Date, desc, cost, store name

    • Ravenousryan on 17/11/2017 - 20:57

      I have been doing the same. I'm up to 30+ items on the way haha.

      I just mark any 'shipped item' email as personal. I use Gmail and this shows me everything I have ordered that is on the way, date shipped etc all in one.

      So far the first item I ordered on Oct 21st (a free USB fan from zapals - I love you ozbargain) was beaten by the gearbest mini USB fan I ordered on the 25th of Oct.

      I've yet to see the zapals fan ;)

    • trinkasharma on 20/11/2017 - 10:48

      I use paypal to track these. Search with [email protected] and it should give you the date/time/dollar value. You can use a google spreadsheet to track it

  • PAXA359 on 17/11/2017 - 15:58

    What is the light temperature on this LED? Warm or Cold??

    • INFIDEL on 17/11/2017 - 18:30

      Hopefully not hot🔥
      Wrong voltage & plug for Oz.

      • PAXA359 on 17/11/2017 - 20:27

        haha.. but I wouldn't be too worry about the wrong voltage as Xiaomi Gateway is also 220V…

    • Scab on 17/11/2017 - 18:41

      Not bright enough to make a difference.

      • PAXA359 on 17/11/2017 - 20:31

        According to the picture shown on the website, I guess the brightness is around the same as the 1st generation of Xiaomi night sensor light??

  • lawrencium on 17/11/2017 - 15:59
    +1

    Life is easier than you imagine.

    Philosophy lamp.

  • INFIDEL on 08/12/2017 - 13:48

    Received in Brisbane.
    Plastic seems easily broken, so don't try to bend pins to fit power socket (as I tried) as started to crack. Use an adapter.

    • INFIDEL on 08/12/2017 - 16:50

      Light level varies with available light. Works well. Placing finger over centre will turn on light.

      [WARNING] Cover can be removed with fingernails! Likely case may be easily broken exposing live circuit, keep away from kiddies & be careful not to knock into or drop it. Would not pass Australia Standards!

      Simple circuit consists of 4 surface mount LEDs, Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) on wires in middle, 2 resistors, capacitor, transistor, rectifier to change AC to DC, all on PCB soldered to mains pins - as expected.

      • MorriJ on 08/12/2017 - 19:23

        What! These are cheap plastic lights? :)

        Yeah, abundance of caution people.

        Looks across and realises the bathroom is now on fire.

        Thankfully though my Xioami smart home let me know.

        • INFIDEL on 08/12/2017 - 19:32

          Safety concern & US plug were reasons I decided not to post this earlier. But is worse than expected⚡😱

          Especially worrying if fitted to power points close to floor for families with young children (or inquisitive pets). Might be best to bin it.

          ⚡⚡It's been a long time since I've seen a potentially more dangerous electrical device⚡⚡

      • INFIDEL on 08/12/2017 - 20:58

        At very least - securely glue the cover on for safety!

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