Spontaneous Lamp Build

Sometimes projects go from "whoo, that's gonna be awesome looking, be fine built craftsmenship and I'll be proud of it" to "yeah whatever, let's get it over with".
The results speak for themselves. Unfortunately.

Alcoholic beverages have been present at the time of build.

As with most of these projects, I probably could have bought a better lamp for very little money.
But, I built it, because I can.

The "case" of the lamp is made from thin sheets of copper coated phenolic paper.
The center piece that holds the socket ist regular copper coated glass fiber PCB material.
The socket is from an old CFL.

And, no, I don't care that it looks like a life hazard. It's bright, that's the only requirement.
Also, it IS a life hazard, so appearances don't deceive here. (how thoughtful)

But: none of the large copper areas are connected to the solder pads that carry the components. So it's save to touch the "case". It's not save to touch the LEDs, though.

schematic scribbles

The circuit is the classic capacitive dropper that is used for most cheap LED lights.