Hardware Podcasts

The King of Trash with Big Clive

The Amp Hour · 26 Apr 2021 · 1h 18m · Episode 539

What this episode covers

Big Clive, the creator of the BigClive.com YouTube channel, discusses his career as a freelance lighting technician for PRG and his approach to creating 'trashy' teardown videos of cheap electronics. He details the engineering behind high-end stage lighting, the deliberate short lifespan of modern LED lamps, and the technical failures of components like ceramic capacitors and Tesla screens. The conversation covers the history of the Phoebus cartel, the physics of discharge lamps versus LEDs, and the challenges of content creation on YouTube.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
PRG, Cree, Epistar, Nichea, Maplin
Products
Moto G7 Power
Tools
VidTrim Pro, Audio Fix, picfont.com
Also
BigClive.com, Electroboom, Great Scott, EEV blog

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