It had just got dark yesterday ,and Bosh! Everything went black. Powercut!
Not to worry,the ever- intrepid Jansman reached just inside the pantry door for an LED work
light to illuminate the problem and sort out more extensive lighting. Well,I have to admit,embarrassingly,that the light failed!,,, Batteries had gone. No problem ,plenty of other kit,and job done. The power was back on inside 15 minutes anyway.
Hanging in our storage shed was a COB worklight that I picked up from B and M for £8.Ever Ready brand complete with its 4x AA batteries. When I could finally get it out of its packet:lol: I was impressed,to say the least. This thing lit the whole room to a very acceptable level.I am going to get another if they still have them ,or go online.
Power cut last night
Power cut last night
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
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Re: Power cut last night
Always the case
Bet it wiped the initial prepper grin of smugness off your face as you do the standard bloke thing of shake it, bang it in your hand shake again and press the switch several times before repeating bashing it a bit harder
Lidl have these coming in I've a few dotted round (bathroom and kitchen) just out the reach of the kids or Thet would be flat within a day
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50132
And larger
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50134
I'm still a fan of the led plug in torches..
https://shop.rnib.org.uk/nitesafe-safet ... o_s=gplauk
Bet it wiped the initial prepper grin of smugness off your face as you do the standard bloke thing of shake it, bang it in your hand shake again and press the switch several times before repeating bashing it a bit harder
Lidl have these coming in I've a few dotted round (bathroom and kitchen) just out the reach of the kids or Thet would be flat within a day
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50132
And larger
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50134
I'm still a fan of the led plug in torches..
https://shop.rnib.org.uk/nitesafe-safet ... o_s=gplauk
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Re: Power cut last night
That’s the boy! No amount of whacking it cured the problem. I picked up another by the way to go into storage. I have push/ touch lights all over the house already. Just like you,there’s no way we will sit in the dark.Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:12 am Always the case
Bet it wiped the initial prepper grin of smugness off your face as you do the standard bloke thing of shake it, bang it in your hand shake again and press the switch several times before repeating bashing it a bit harder
Lidl have these coming in I've a few dotted round (bathroom and kitchen) just out the reach of the kids or Thet would be flat within a day
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50132
And larger
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50134
I'm still a fan of the led plug in torches..
https://shop.rnib.org.uk/nitesafe-safet ... o_s=gplauk
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Re: Power cut last night
was looking at the under counter ones in the free magazine i picked up from there yesterday,might get a couple and give them agoYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:12 am Always the case
Bet it wiped the initial prepper grin of smugness off your face as you do the standard bloke thing of shake it, bang it in your hand shake again and press the switch several times before repeating bashing it a bit harder
Lidl have these coming in I've a few dotted round (bathroom and kitchen) just out the reach of the kids or Thet would be flat within a day
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50132
And larger
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/home-cooking/l ... hts/p50134
I'm still a fan of the led plug in torches..
https://shop.rnib.org.uk/nitesafe-safet ... o_s=gplauk
Remember the rule of the 7 P's, proper planning and prepperation prevents piss poor performance...
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Re: Power cut last night
Can never have enough lights
The small round ones give a decent light out and the fact they come with batteries from memory they take 3xaaa you'd struggle to get 9xaaa batteries for a fiver in many shops
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Re: Power cut last night
This "fell" through the letter box today it's tiny... But easily lights 30m away had it out at my parents tonight in their big garden it's stupidly bright and recharges with its own dedicated magnetic charger seen some torch sites saying that it charges better on a 2a usb charger but it only draws 0.4a
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Re: Power cut last night
very true, we do have quite a few of the pull up camping lanterns from home bargins which are really good and im still hoping lidel will get more of the solar security lights in as the one i managed to get works great and would like a few more dotted around the place tbhYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:12 pmCan never have enough lights
The small round ones give a decent light out and the fact they come with batteries from memory they take 3xaaa you'd struggle to get 9xaaa batteries for a fiver in many shops
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Re: Power cut last night
Rusty74 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:21 pmvery true, we do have quite a few of the pull up camping lanterns from home bargins which are really good and im still hoping lidel will get more of the solar security lights in as the one i managed to get works great and would like a few more dotted around the place tbhYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:12 pmCan never have enough lights
The small round ones give a decent light out and the fact they come with batteries from memory they take 3xaaa you'd struggle to get 9xaaa batteries for a fiver in many shops
I got one of those Lanterns the on off switch was dicky it didn't like turning off when closed ... Took it to bits and stretched the spring on the switch a bit that cured it
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Re: Power cut last night
thanks for the heads up on that handy to knowYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:26 pmRusty74 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:21 pmvery true, we do have quite a few of the pull up camping lanterns from home bargins which are really good and im still hoping lidel will get more of the solar security lights in as the one i managed to get works great and would like a few more dotted around the place tbhYorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:12 pm
Can never have enough lights
The small round ones give a decent light out and the fact they come with batteries from memory they take 3xaaa you'd struggle to get 9xaaa batteries for a fiver in many shops
I got one of those Lanterns the on off switch was dicky it didn't like turning off when closed ... Took it to bits and stretched the spring on the switch a bit that cured it
Remember the rule of the 7 P's, proper planning and prepperation prevents piss poor performance...
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Re: Power cut last night
No problem my favourite recent lantern purchase was this one... By energiser 500lm will take AA or D cells with no adaptor the plastic quality kicks the China stuff to one side it's also got a candle mode where it gives a gentle night light
https://www.diy.com/departments/energiz ... 948_BQ.prd
https://www.diy.com/departments/energiz ... 948_BQ.prd
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine