Re: That Lowe's flashlight, again

On Jul 14, 3:34 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
picked up another one, this time to stick in the glovebox of my car.
Yes, it still has the "60x brighter" label on the package; however, the
LEDs seem to be pretty variable.  The new one seems decidedly purple, as
opposed to the first one I bought which is darn near daylight white,
which blew me away when I first tried it.  This one, less so.  I can't
tell which is brighter because of the color difference, but they're at
least comparable in that regard.  I guess not being picky about LEDs is
part of what allows Lowe's to sell them so cheap.

Off topic, I had a bad Lowe's day yesterday, aside from being
disappointed in my new flashlight I also picked up a dehumidifier that
is bad out of the box (runs constantly regardless of setting.)  Doesn't
help that I don't have a Lowe's nearby (I stopped at one about 40 miles
away from my house because I was in the area, and hate shopping at Home
Depot.)

nate

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Has anyone tried running the head of the Lowe's light off a dynamo?

I know I would need a bridge rectifier at least, but I'm wondering
whether it reaches full brightness, or would run too hot at speed.

pm
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