Well you jest if it will power from usb eg a tablet or you can run it off a power bank ... I was discussing something similar with jansman the other night.... Have you seen the bio lite stoves?
Few on YouTube have built their own chargers to put onto DIY stoves or wood burners ... Basics are it involves a peltier thermal shunt like what's inside your average thermo cool box and w voltage regulator and a big heatsink ...
Fitted the correct way round it takes heat through the magic chip and as it cools (hence the heat sink) on the other side it generates electricity
Anyway I digress if you have a butane stove you want this
Not an expert but during our power outage I tried (unsuccessfully) to charge my works laptop from the USB port in my car - my Hewlett Packard laptop requires 18v apparently (so the error message told me).
12v to 240v inverter in the cigarette lighter did the job.
Nurseandy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:12 am
Not an expert but during our power outage I tried (unsuccessfully) to charge my works laptop from the USB port in my car - my Hewlett Packard laptop requires 18v apparently (so the error message told me).
12v to 240v inverter in the cigarette lighter did the job.
You can get 12v to 18v step up adapters so you don't need to run the inverter
Obviously match to your model number but as an example
Visited the zombie stores vault today (my camping kit still in my parents attic)
Dug out 2x extra camping Lanterns and the thin bottom aluminium camp kettle brought down will save on gas should shtf
Fresh batteries in the lanterns
And found my first aa maglite that I got as a kid currently reminiscing of simpler times when they were seen as bright but after 25years+ it still works like the day I got it and with today's throw away world it's stood the test of time......
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:51 pm
And found my first aa maglite that I got as a kid currently reminiscing of simpler times when they were seen as bright but after 25years+ it still works like the day I got it and with today's throw away world it's stood the test of time......
You can get drop-in LED replacements for those, I bought one a few years back but it didn't fit in my Mag-clone. I have got (and used) drop-ins in my bigger torches...... They really are good
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:51 pm
And found my first aa maglite that I got as a kid currently reminiscing of simpler times when they were seen as bright but after 25years+ it still works like the day I got it and with today's throw away world it's stood the test of time......
I still use my large D cell Maglite which I have had 20-30 years. Only change is that I changed the old style bulb for an LED module.
I do like the Deciwatt light and maybe tempted once the bank account has recovered from the past couple of weeks.
I've dropped the led bulb upgrades in my 4 and 6d maglites the batteries now last ages .. they live between the bed and the bedside table always handy to have a robust reliable torch to hand to investigate the noises at 3am
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
I was very lucky in that I fixed my gas and electricity prices with a big company for 3 years just before they shot up. Inflation is bad for me though as I have a small pension and it doesn't go up much each year. I don't really have any heating apart from gas plus an electric heater or two. Of course I have torches and batteries. In theory I could have wood fires but I'd need to get a proper fireplace put in which is expensive. I do have a couple of gas stoves and a Trangia, but only a few days' worth. I have a couple of little stoves that burn wood, but they are for cooking outdoors. So, warm clothes it is!
Frnc wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:17 am
I was very lucky in that I fixed my gas and electricity prices with a big company for 3 years just before they shot up. Inflation is bad for me though as I have a small pension and it doesn't go up much each year. I don't really have any heating apart from gas plus an electric heater or two. Of course I have torches and batteries. In theory I could have wood fires but I'd need to get a proper fireplace put in which is expensive. I do have a couple of gas stoves and a Trangia, but only a few days' worth. I have a couple of little stoves that burn wood, but they are for cooking outdoors. So, warm clothes it is!
Meths is cheap at home bargains in the painting and decorating area
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
but after 25years+ it still works like the day I got it and with today's throw away world it's stood the test of time......