Re: OT Very good white LED flashlight for camping, etc.

From: Jim Van Nuland (jvn@No-Spam)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 23:58:49 MST

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    Chuck Olson wrote:
     
     [snip]
    > I'm not sure they still carry it, but Big 5 Sporting goods had a
    > well-made LED flashlight using a Luxeon Star 1 watt white LED
     [snip]
    > It uses three AAA cells in a cylindrical battery holder and

      That'll be drawing some 330 mA from the AAA batteries. Translated to
    plain speak, that means "battery pig". Similar to green lasers.

      Look for C cells.

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