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    Single Lithium cell COB driver

    I recently picked up a couple of mini work lanterns that have a small COB strip - all leds in parallel, running from 3 x AA cells - and a series resistor. It has a magnetic base as well as a hanger and was good value at $3 in Ace hardware last week, since it provides an even illumination. Not...
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    High brightness sideways firing LEDs

    Hi All, my first post here. Some years ago, I was given a 'Tesco special' flashlight - well, large handlamp really, about 8" diameter. As I recall, it was rated at some improbably high millions of candlepower - it had a 12V 7AH SLA battery (which I replaced with 8x A123M1 LiFePO4 cells and a...
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