Hi all! I recently purchased some push-lights for my kitchen from my hardware store, and I stupidly didn’t read the package that said that they shut off after 30 mins. This is super inconvenient in my dark kitchen, and I can’t return them. I figured I might as well tinker with them, and any help would be greatly appreciated. The first picture is the small, round push-light (it was in a 3 pack, so I’ve got room for error with these), and the second picture was the even bigger disappointment because it’s a larger strip light.
I found them online for reference here and here. It doesn’t say they shut off in the description of these, but it says it in the user manual under “product guides and documents” for the rectangle light.
TL;DR: Help me bypass the “power saving” mode that shuts these off after 30 mins please!
Can you read what u1 and q1 are in the first image? Q1 looks like a transistor switch and u1 might be a counter. It may be counting a clock or it might be a comparator checking whether a capacitor is charged or discharged to check time. Is there any components on the other side of the board? I would expect a capacitor or oscillator at least for timing.
First image: U1 says HZ300 0053, and Q1 says 3400A. There’s nothing on the back of the board. The second image has two U1 components: the smaller says RCAKL9 00765, the larger is 6228A 2121/33, and the Q1 is 3400X.