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Re: [at-l] The Flashlight caper...

I disagree with both of you.  Don't use a heavy battery at all.  The wire
and the bulb and a ripe lemon is all you need.  The lemon is a "natural"
battery (using common table salt to start the reaction).  

If it doesn't work, make lemonade. 

If you're really a conservationist, use a solar cell to run the bulb.  But
be prepared to keep the lemon to make lemonade.

"Time-Maker" - Ern Grover
www.tick-tock.com

"We cannot all be great --- but we can attach ourselves to a great cause."
anon
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> From: Clines <clines@cfw.com>
> To: kurt <kurt@inct.net>
> Cc: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: Re: [at-l] The Flashlight caper...
> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 8:55 PM
> 
> At 09:05 PM 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Talford wrote:
> >>Earl,  why pussyfoot around like this?
> >>How about sodering a short length of wire to each end of a battery
> ><snip>
> >>etc.  This way you avoid the weight of any flashlight case, switches,
> >>reflectors, or lenses.
> >
> >Then, taking it a step further, wrap this contraption in duct tape. For
> >headlamp use, unroll two inches, stick to forehead. Same method for
in-tent
> >illumination, only stick to tent roof instead of forehead  :)
> 
> 
> Wouldnt the duct tape wrapped around the contraption weigh as much as the
> drilled out case ? The you would have to be constantly replacing the tape
> used to stick it to your forhead and tent. This would necessitate
carrying
> a roll of duct tape which would bemuch heavier than a headband light
> holding thingy. Then what about the sticky stuff left on the tent cieling
> after removing the tape ? You would then have to pack along some sort of
> solovent to clean it off with. More weight.  
> 
> Why is everyone worrying so much about a few oz's ?  :-)
> 
> 
>              
> 
> 
>                            Daryl Cline WB4YEX
>                             Harrisonburg, Va.
>                   Web page: <http://www.cfw.com/~clines>
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4/28/98
> 
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