recommend a reading light?

[Walter Mitty]

"Per Löwdin" <[email protected]> brightened my day with his incisive
wit when in news:WRo%[email protected] he conjectured
that:

>> I would never use candles in a tent.
>
> We don´t have them inside the inner tent but in the vestibule on the ground or placed in a bottle,
> often we have had no choise as we have been camping where there has been not electricity.
>

Hence my request about lamps Some great responses btw, I had no idea these LED lamps were so
useful and long lasting.

 

[Walter Mitty]

[email protected] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive
wit when in news:[email protected] he conjectured that:

> In article <[email protected]>, Walter Mitty wrote:
>>[email protected] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1iich$hav$1@phys-
>>news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:
>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>, Rick Onanian wrote:
>>>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Timo Noko) wrote:
>>>>>This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a
>>>>>set of batteries: http://www.kolumbus.fi/timo.noko/ledilamppu/english.html
>>>>
>>>>One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later? Or
>>>>as in, use it randomly every day for a month...
>>>
>>> (2000 mAh / 20 mA) = 100 hours continuously or 3 hours every night.
>>>
>>>>What is "Fairy ultra"?
>>>
>>> European (or nordic) dish-washing liquid.
>>>
>>
>>So 4 days then you spoofer!
>
> Ok, ok... But you can glue one of these 33mA solarpanels (2 euros) on top of the battery box and
> then it will work FOREVEEEERRRR!!!!!
>
> http://www.kolumbus.fi/timo.noko/etrex/index.html
>

Any idea where I can buy a "sun" to hang above it at night?

 

[Chuck Anderson]

Walter Mitty wrote:

>[email protected] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1kvtt$qaj$1@phys-
>news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>, Walter Mitty wrote:
>>>[email protected] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1iich$hav$1@phys-
>>>news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:
>>>
>>>> In article <[email protected]>, Rick Onanian wrote:
>>>>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Timo Noko) wrote:
>>>>>>This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a
>>>>>>set of batteries: http://www.kolumbus.fi/timo.noko/ledilamppu/english.html
>>>>>
>>>>>One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later?
>>>>>Or as in, use it randomly every day for a month...
>>>>
>>>> (2000 mAh / 20 mA) = 100 hours continuously or 3 hours every night.
>>>>
>>>>>What is "Fairy ultra"?
>>>>
>>>> European (or nordic) dish-washing liquid.
>>>>
>>>
>>>So 4 days then you spoofer!
>>
>> Ok, ok... But you can glue one of these 33mA solarpanels (2 euros) on top of the battery box and
>> then it will work FOREVEEEERRRR!!!!!
>>
>> http://www.kolumbus.fi/timo.noko/etrex/index.html
>>
>
>Any idea where I can buy a "sun" to hang above it at night?
>
>
Uhmmm ..... it would use the batteries at night?

Speaking of solar chargers (and noticing that Ken Kifer had been using one on his bike), is anyone
carrying solar chargers like this? (I don't like soldering and tinkering - and look at the prices):
http://www.siliconsolar.com/aa,_aaa,_c,_d_solar_battery_charger.htm

This seems like a great idea for touring.

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[Timo Noko]

In article <L%40c.151$PR3.9543@attbi_s03>, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>Speaking of solar chargers (and noticing that Ken Kifer had been using one on his bike), is anyone
>carrying solar chargers like this? (I don't like soldering and tinkering - and look at the prices):
>http://www.siliconsolar.com/aa,_aaa,_c,_d_solar_battery_charger.htm
>
>This seems like a great idea for touring.

Both suck, because there is no charging indicator. Battery contacts become corroded very often and
require frequent cleaning. Hence witless and voltmeterless person has no way of knowing if the unit
is working.

And also: The smaller unit produces about 30mA. With 2300 mAH batteries you need 80 hours of
sunshine, almost TWO WEEKS, to charge those batteries. That is almost useless, unless you stay
months in wilderness and need very little power.