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  1. "Per Löwdin" <[email hidden]> brightened my day with his incisive
    wit when in "]news:[email hidden] he conjectured
    that:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    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.

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

    Quoted message said:
    In article said:

    [email hidden] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1iich$hav$1@phys-
    news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>, Rick Onanian wrote:
    >On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Timo Noko) wrote:
    >>This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a
    >>set of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.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!!!!!

    kolumbus.fiindex.html

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

  3. Walter Mitty said:

    [email hidden] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1kvtt$qaj$1@phys-
    news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:

    Quoted message said:
    In article said:

    [email hidden] (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 hidden]>, Rick Onanian wrote:
    >>On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Timo Noko) wrote:
    >>>This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a
    >>>set of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.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!!!!!

    kolumbus.fiindex.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):
    siliconsolar.comaa, aaa, c, d solar battery charger.htm

    This seems like a great idea for touring.

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  4. In article L%40c.151$PR3.9543@attbi_s03 said:

    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):
    siliconsolar.comaa, 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.

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