When I opened this light I was expecting overdriven LEDs and resistors. I was wrong This light has good hackability for use as a coloured uplighter or decorative light source. It's perfect for use with rechargeable NiMh cells.
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I've modded one with red LEDs (not IR, actual red) as I'm supposed to avoid blue light in evenings. I used it camping once in 2016 for EMF!
All these years later, I still have four of these lanterns, sitting in my pantry, waiting for a power cut.
The battery cover is very flimsy and needs tape to hold it closed!
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Could you replace them with UV LEDs, to make Disco black lights?
It's a nice style light
Mine stopped working really quickly.
Had to bend the contacts on the lid part as they weren't quite making contact properly. I also swapped out the LEDs for colour changing ones. Looks nice on a shelf with the lights off.
Bought two of these put 4 1.5v Duracell's in one turned it on and right away could smell the resistor cooking it was only 2.7 ohm replaced it with a 100 ohm as anything less was still getting hot. Working fine and cool with the 100 ohm delivering 2.7v to the LED's
great light for just a pound. or £2 if you buy batteries at the same time.
I have several of these camping lights and I agree they are very good value. They recently came in handy a few weeks back when a power cut occurred at night. The elderly neighbour was grateful to borrow a couple of these lights which give an impressive light output. A couple of points, the batteries are a little fiddly to install and the reflector plate was adrift on a few of my lamps but was simply clicked back into place. Poundland seem to be very 'with it' and certainly come up with some quite interesting items. I'm also very impressed with their mains LED lamps which give a decent colour rendition.
Could one make (or would it be worth making) a torch circuit that starts off driving multiple LEDs but automatically switches over to a Joule Thief mode when the batteries reach a certain low threshold? Perhaps only driving one LED?
you know something's interesting when he says "bloody hell"
i find it odd that you specifically know someone who uses this flashlight, and also does "paranormal investigations". i'd like to ask that person..even if we knew ghosts existed, what makes them think IR light can detect them? its a bunch of nonsense.
I got one of these from poundland, and they are getting rare, as most places have sold out, and it had a 332ohm resistor inside (Orange, Orange, Brown) and the LED's were quite dim, so going to change it to 18 ohms if i can find one around…