On Sep 14, 5:38*pm, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:
My wife came home with a hand wind up flashlight that has a 0.5 W white LED
in it. *It also came with siren and NOAA, AM, FM & WX radio, Interesting
product. * It charges a capacitor very likely - maybe a e-cell - and it holds
the power. *1 minute of winding and you have light for a very long time..
Good source for a quick .5W white - Sams sold them -www.lifegearcompany.comhttp://www.lifegearcompany.com/psdtools.html* My model is different slightly.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
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spaco wrote:
Bad idea! *I did that with a 24 volt lamp and transformer to my drill
press and the 12 ga support wire broke and had to be replaced after only
25 years of use. *That was 10 years ago and so, statistically, I just
might have to do it again some day.
* *---- I hope you can tell that *this has really worked out well for
me. *If the copper wire work hardens in one place, then it just bends
somewhere else, until, I suppose, it is completely work hardened.
I can never get too much light. * I will have to try some of these white
LEDS on the mill.
Pete Stanaitis
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Terry wrote:
I picked up one of those el-cheapo LED flashlights that has eight or
nine LEDs ($4). *Tightly wound a piece of 12-ga copper wire around it
half a dozen times. *The other end of the copper was attached to a
bolt on the column of the drill press. *Instant work light! *The
copper wire vibrates a bit, but it still works pretty well.
For the lathe I wanted more light so I bought these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/50p-1...-MULTI-Chip-Wh....
Six of these wired in parallel to two D-cells wired in series makes a
nice spotlight. *I used a white-epoxy-lined tin can as the holder for
the LEDs.
Best -- Terry
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If it's like the rechargeable flashlight from Costco and I bet it is.
It has a rechargeable battery about the size of a penny. Sourced
online it was $5 for a sample. It was one of a pair of flashlights and
the one left in the hot car trunk (Hawaii) failed quicker.
Karl