What we all live for? Power Failure!

[donn_]

We're having a mild nor-easter, and the power just went out for 30 minutes.:twothumbs

Fortunately, I have lights.:thumbsup:

My office is nearly pitch black when this happens. The LED indicators on my cable modem, and the power saver LEDs on the monitor are the only light sources.

I tested a few dozen nearby lights during this darkened half-hour, and the most useful were:

The Aeon pinned to my bibs.
The red-low Ra twisty on my desk.
A 3-speed RV7 mule on my desk.
A Dorcy 4D lantern with a nice LED upgrade on my desk.
A FlyLight plugged into a USB port on my monitor.

Just for giggles, I fired up my 633 for a minute, and as expected, it put an instant end to the darkness.lovecpf

 

[Larbo]

Kool
I always enjoy a brief PF myself.

 

[Ajay]

Still got power here in Queens. What's a 633?

 

[Zeruel]

Damn, where can I order some Power Failures?!

 

[donn_]

What's a 633?

Osram 64633 lamp running at a regulated 16.5V in a 3" FM head. 7,000 lumens of incan loveliness!

 

[xcel730]

Damn, where can I order some Power Failures?!

:laughing:

 

[scout24]

I'm thinking your 633 can get your whole county out of the dark... Maybe a "cloud bounce" instead of a ceiling bounce???

 

[Black Rose]

I got a call from my wife a couple of hours ago telling me the power was out. She could hear sirens, so someone probably had an intimate encounter with a light pole.

Anyway, the first thing I thought to myself was "why do these power failures always happen during the day? Grrrr"

 

[KD5XB]

I got a call from my wife a couple of hours ago telling me the power was out. She could hear sirens, so someone probably had an intimate encounter with a light pole.

I did that last November while driving the 18-wheeler!

The 911 call went something like,"Hello, I'm in Waco, at the intersection of (whatever it was), and I've just hit a power pole AND THERE'S FIRE ALL AROUND ME!!!"

Dispatcher: "Where did you say you are?"

Me:"At the intersection of..."

Dispatcher:"Oh, you're in Waco, hold on while I forward your call to them."

Hmph. I TOLD them I was in Waco to begin with!

It was a good 45 seconds before the first cop arrived and a good 45 minutes before I could get out of the truck.

Power failure? Oh YEAH, I caused a BIG one in Waco!

 

[angelofwar]

Power went out at work the other day...of course I was the only one with light..."Why do you carry a light during the day...snicker" "This is why, beeotch"...30 seconds after the lights went out, I busted out my 6Z w/ M60F and lit the whole room up...and 30 seconds later, some-one from a different part of the building comes into our office "Hey, lemme ge one of your lights"...so I lend him my E2L to "sell him" on it...I'm beginning to hate power outages...get a friggin' light you people!!! But those 5 seconds he was in the room, I knew exactly what he wanted before he even asked...ahh, the glory of being a "Flashaholic"...LOL!

 

[strinq]

Am still waiting for my first one after like 3-4 months of being a flashaholic... Darn, power failures in Malaysia is pretty rare...darn...:nana:

 

[ANDREAS FERRARI]

Just for giggles, I fired up my 633 for a minute, and as expected, it put an instant end to the darkness.lovecpf

Osram 64633 lamp running at a regulated 16.5V in a 3" FM head. 7,000 lumens of incan loveliness!

Sounds like AlanB adjusted your regulated drive just in time!Mine won't arrive until next week. :mecry:

If I'm in the middle of a blackout I hope I have my '633 handy-at least for the first 60-90 seconds!!!(too hot to hold after that)-then my trusty P3D is all I need.:thumbsup: