Re: Final chapter - (Re: ? on ultra-bright LED)


"Michael" <NoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

"Michael" <NoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave wrote:
Wife got in on the game, and suggested parchment paper as a
diffuser,
in a
"lamp-shade" configuration. I cut the bottom out of a plastic
bottle,
covered it in parchment and taped it in place. Works great. Two
LEDs
give off light like a 40-watt bult, which doesn't sound like much
but
in
the dark it is incredible. Lamp not sits on the shelf in the study,
waiting for the lights to go out. <shaking head> I married a smart
woman.

Dave



::::sigh:::

Lamp NOW sits on the shelf in the study...


"... waiting for the lights to go out" Sounds ominous! ;-) Beware,
the
bottomless bottle bites!

I'm just thinking that hurricane season is right around the corner, and
living on the Gulf Coast sometimes gets interesting... :)


Now I understand you. Right. What you whipped up is certainly "uptown"
compared to what my family
had during two hurricanes in the 1950's in Lake Charles, Louisiana, i.e
one black EverReady
flashlight and one olive drab plastic, Army-issue flashlight.

---
Michael

When Ike knocked out our power for two weeks late last year, my wife had to
be at work early, early, early, and I was cooking breakfast by flashlight.
Should not be a problem if that happen's again (God forbid.) I can even
make a second one of these for her to shower by, if she wants. Damn things
throw light like a 40 or 50 watt bulb, and ought to last a good long time at
only 80 mA load on a dozen AA batteries (through a 7812 three-lead voltage
converter.) Time will tell if they do last like I think they might...

Dave


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