On 12/7/2015 2:17 PM, bob haller wrote:
Doing laundry today i somehow washed and dried a harbor freight free
flashlight, one of those free ones.,

i found it working well putting out a nice brite light in the dryer,

Would be more amusing if it had been in the *washer* -- a front loader
so you could watch the light as it bounced around in the wash! :

i had done many loads today, so i doubt it was on the entire time. proably
got turned on tumbling in the dryer,

this flashlight was one of thoe alunimum tube ones.

i ws amazed it survived the laundry

Not much that can break, there. LED's don't care about the sorts
of temperatures you'd find in a dryer -- nor the mechanical abuse.
Switch is actually recessed *in* the back of the flashlight so it's
not subject to much abuse (though the rubber cover might age quicker).

Biggest concern would be the batteries -- leaking prematurely, etc.

[Or, any enamel paint coating on the inside of the dryer drum -- if
you've that sort of dryer -- getting chipped from the contact with the
metal flashlight case]