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Category Archives: lighting
Convert Your Old Maglites to Work with LED Bulbs
I have written before about how I love flashlights. They fascinate me. As a result, we have more than we really 
need. Everytime a new one comes out, I have to have it. Because of this, we have several older …
More on Flashlights and Night Vision
Today’s post is actually a comment make by C.E. Harris on yesterdays post on flashlights. It provides a lot of 
additional information on flashlights and night vision. The Fenix flashlight I have on my keychain is the Fenix E01, the …
Do You have a Good Flashlight?
Now I have to admit something I like flashlights, I have all kinds of them. I have so many my wife thinks, it is a joke. 
I normally have two on me, both Fenix’s. In my house, it is impossible …
Kerosene Lamps and a Little on the Petromax Lantern.
My wife has been digging out all of our kerosene lamps and checking them out. We have some that we have picked up at garage sales that needed cleaning and new wicks. In the past, we both have been subjected …
Read More...A Complete Solar Light Package
I recently ran across a product called T-Lite made by Sundaya. This has been developed for third world countries 
and is now available from Sierra Solar 1-888-667-6527. It is a simple and relatively inexpensive solar powered lighting system.
It consists …
Read More...A Handy Little Homemade Lighting System
I have written several posts on my homemade battery packs and their many uses. You can learn how to make one at http://bit.ly/URpTwz. Recently I purchased some 12 volt LED light bulbs from C Crane http://www.ccrane.com/. With these …
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Use Your Homemade Battery Pack To Charge Flashlight Batteries
Easy to use
One of the many uses of the battery pack that I wrote about previously is to charge smaller batteries. I found a 12-volt battery charger in a garage sale that charges AAA, AA, C, D and 9-volt …
Read More...A Simple Way to Charge Your Homemade 12 Volt Battery Packs.
Simple and easy.
A couple of weeks ago I showed how to make a simple 12 volt battery pack (http://bit.ly/Pnpikc). Today I am showing how simple it is to charge the battery packs. I use these packs for …
Read More...Sierra Solar Systems
A good source of supply. 
I don’t usually recommend a business, but in this case, I am going to make an exception. Sierra Solar Systems located in Grass Valley California has been designing and building off grid solar systems for …
Read More...A Nice Little Solar Charger
The PowerFilm USB+AA Solar Charger
I recently ran across the neatest solar battery charger I have so far encountered. It is the PowerFilm USB+AA solar charger. It is small compact and quite efficient. At 4.9 ounces, it is the lightest …
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Tagged Howard, PowerFilm, solar charger
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