Battery Operated Lantern

[seanandkate]

Stumbled across this from the mind of Adam Savage. May just have to build something like this in my spare time...

 

[Crisp image]

I like that. It is supprising what you will find in LED lamps. I have a couple of fixtures that I use that are 12v DC after 240v AC conversion. Another one is only 5V DC. Just have to remember to safely check what the voltages are and not to touch the bits that are v AC.
Regards
Geoff

 

[kicknargel]

Ah, I wanted to post this too. To describe, he found that in one of these new LED flame bulbs I'm seeing everywhere, he could easily remove the AC/DC transformer, and ended up with a 3V DC rather realistic flame bulb that could run on 2 AA batteries for hours. Add a little Adam Savage magic with tape and spray paint, and you really have something. I saw another video dissecting these bulbs - the LEDs inside are mounted on a flexible sheet, so you could flatten them for all kinds of uses.

 

[seanandkate]

that could run on 2 AA batteries for hours

The video said his had been running for 5 days straight and hadn't gone out. Amazing.