What Preps are you doing this week? Part 8.

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jansman wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:24 am I tested our emergency lighting last night ,and was rather pleased with the results. Although we have candles ,and lots of them,they are not my favourite light source. Frankly,they are a fire hazard ,but I digress.

We have a combination of battery lanterns and work lights,all LED. I have to say that just one is enough to cut through the darkness.We also have two wind up camping lanterns,which I thought I should’ve never purchased! I wound one from zero for a full five minutes,and then switched it on to the lowest of three settings.I have to say that it gave out sufficient light for well over an hour. :D

This kind of lighting will never be as bright as the mains powered LED, but it does a passable job.

One of my current favourite lights is the £8 body only Lidl power tools torch with a 4ah battery on it was still showing green on the 3 bar charge indicator after 5 hours whilst I was decorating (painting) the usb "flood light" went off after about 1.5 hours....
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In that pic Its got the 2ah battery on...
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Then there's this one..
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Enough to light a room and charge your phone etc

White strip near the red led is a reflection

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203348783341 ... SwtyVgd016

The greedy buggers he was selling them for £28 not so long back :lol:
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I'm looking for lanterns, bright, LED, for the house. Can you get rechargable ones?
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diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:19 pm I'm looking for lanterns, bright, LED, for the house. Can you get rechargable ones?
Yes you can lil. Just do a search on your favourite shopping site ,there’s loads out there.
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diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:19 pm I'm looking for lanterns, bright, LED, for the house. Can you get rechargable ones?
Plenty about have you the means to recharge a usb lantern if the power is off (car charger etc?) If not would a battery lantern be more useful giving the option of rechargeable aa/ AAA batteries or standard alkaline if the power stayed off a while?

I've got one of these from Tesco it lives on rechargeables the wife uses it as a bedside reading light nothing fancy but good for the money even comes with 4x aa batteries...
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /291466942



As for rechargeable

Sky's the limit

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9457960?clickPR=plp:2:9
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:20 pm
diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:19 pm I'm looking for lanterns, bright, LED, for the house. Can you get rechargable ones?
Plenty about have you the means to recharge a usb lantern if the power is off (car charger etc?)
He's got a trickle charger for the bike, would that do?
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Thanks both of you, I like the big £30 one but also looking on amazon now at head torches. Just something bright enough to read or knit by so I dont go mad and throttle the husband.
Although it's tempting. Believe you me. :twisted:
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diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:46 pm Thanks both of you, I like the big £30 one but also looking on amazon now at head torches. Just something bright enough to read or knit by so I dont go mad and throttle the husband.
Although it's tempting. Believe you me. :twisted:
Rechargeable head torches

These take some beating for the money

https://www.toolstation.com/luceco-rech ... rch/p36841
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diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:40 pm
Yorkshire Andy wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:20 pm
diamond lil wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:19 pm I'm looking for lanterns, bright, LED, for the house. Can you get rechargable ones?
Plenty about have you the means to recharge a usb lantern if the power is off (car charger etc?) [/q GBuote]
He's got a trickle charger for the bike, would that do?
Does that work if the power is off?
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God knows. I 'll ask.
the husband, not God.
although he would like to think so :twisted: