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Enlightened
I was digging through some boxes in our attic, and found one of my old flashlights, an old 2-C cell light, standard, wimpy incandescent bulb, it's old Hannaford store-brand C-cells had leaked, but were able to impart a dim glow to the bulb filament, so it still functioned....
I pulled out the batteries and tossed them, rinsed the battery compartment with vinegar, dried it out, then dropped in a new pair of C cells, and the light returned to life, admittedly a sickly, yellow life.....
So, I popped open the head of the light, and swapped the patheticly weak incan bulb for a MJLED PR bulb, reassembled the light, and threw the switch
....and was treated to an incredibly smooth, wide flood of light, i mean, this light is a really good flooder, we're talking a floor-to-ceiling flood of light, completely unexpected from this old classic light, switching to an LED bulb gave it a new lease on life
I did try a MagLED bulb in it, it worked, marginally, i had to leave the closure nut off the back of the reflector, however, spring pressure held it in the light, the MagLED did put out a nice, bright flood of light.....for about 5 minutes before the protection circuitry ramped down the brightness due to rapid heat buildup, since the reflector is plastic, as is the body of the light, the only "heat sink" per se was the metal contact rim around the back of the reflector, so it was back to the MJLED, it was dimmer, but usable, but more importantly, it runs cooler and longer
So, what was this Classic that has been given a new lease on life?
a classic Black & Decker Snakelight;
I pulled out the batteries and tossed them, rinsed the battery compartment with vinegar, dried it out, then dropped in a new pair of C cells, and the light returned to life, admittedly a sickly, yellow life.....
So, I popped open the head of the light, and swapped the patheticly weak incan bulb for a MJLED PR bulb, reassembled the light, and threw the switch
....and was treated to an incredibly smooth, wide flood of light, i mean, this light is a really good flooder, we're talking a floor-to-ceiling flood of light, completely unexpected from this old classic light, switching to an LED bulb gave it a new lease on life
I did try a MagLED bulb in it, it worked, marginally, i had to leave the closure nut off the back of the reflector, however, spring pressure held it in the light, the MagLED did put out a nice, bright flood of light.....for about 5 minutes before the protection circuitry ramped down the brightness due to rapid heat buildup, since the reflector is plastic, as is the body of the light, the only "heat sink" per se was the metal contact rim around the back of the reflector, so it was back to the MJLED, it was dimmer, but usable, but more importantly, it runs cooler and longer
So, what was this Classic that has been given a new lease on life?
a classic Black & Decker Snakelight;