Cool! Flashlight that dosent need batteries!

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:25 pm

I was at the mall and went to the "As Seen On TV" store.

I saw this flashlight it was see-through? No batteries? No room for batteries?

I turned it on and it worked! I asked a employee and it uses a magnet and some coiled copper wire to make electricity! It is cool and 10 buks so I bought it! I am always playing with my dads Maglight (w00t Maglight!) and using up the batteries!

All you do to make it work is shake it!

But I forgot about the magnet and set it near the monitor... It turned it all blue and I was like SHI!!!! But it was fine after I moved it away.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:32 pm

That's so old, this has been around for like forever.

Post by **Skyone** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:34 pm

Dr. Killgood, stop spamming. PLEASE. But yes, they ARE quite fun to mess around with!

Post by **Triton** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:54 pm

agreed on spamitude but those things are kinda ccool. as said on tv it works on "FARADAYS PRINCIPLE OF MAGNETIC INDUCTION!!!!!"

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:02 pm

Yeah, uhm...

THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR-FRIGGIN-EVER. We have like, two.

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:16 pm

If they are at my local discount store for $3 then yeah they are pritty old.

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:28 pm

man I just got my package from ebay. Apparantly I got a hold this extremely rare new transportation method. Ill post the picture.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:14 pm

Is that a joke? Or are you serious? It looks like a home fixed firework.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:23 pm

Back on-topic, couldn't the power producing section of the flashlight be used to charge a capacitor for low power applications, like a light for your bike (put the manget thing on the pedals).

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:02 pm

Nick wrote:Is that a joke? Or are you serious? It looks like a home fixed firework.

It's supposed to be a wheel. Apparently he didn't look at his picture too much, so things get confoozing

Reploid Ayla · Post by **Reploid Ayla** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:06 am

Nick wrote:Is that a joke? Or are you serious? It looks like a home fixed firework.

it's a chinese rocket wheel ass

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:26 am

When you've resorted to name calling, you've lost the battle

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:28 am

Doubley so if that battle was pointless in the first place. A battle about spam, too...you loose three out of two, guys.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:47 am

*reads subject line* No. You can't use it to power your portable X-box. *Is kidding, because he always reads the entire thread before posting*

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:45 am

Yes they are great, I have the knock off brand of those. Unfortunately I'm not even sure they actually need shaking at all, you see I took mine apart and there are two button cell batteries neatly hidden inside the case between the circuit board and the LED. Now they could be rechargeables, (charged by the magnet/coil/board) but I have not had time to examine the circuit board in detail to see exactly what it's for, if anything. Would help if I weren't such a
klutz with electronics

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